Recurvidris

GENUS

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumArthropoda
3. ClassInsecta
4. OrderHymenoptera
5. FamilyFormicidae

Observations40

Taxonomy. The genus was first described by Forel (1890) as Trigonogaster , but the name was preoccupied by a pteromalid chalcid, so the new name Recurvidris was proposed by Bolton (1992). It was classified in the tribe Crematogastrini by Bolton (2003). Workers of Vietnamese species have the following features. Worker monomorphic; head in full-face view oval or subrectangular; frontal carina and antennal scrobe absent; median portion of clypeus in lateral view relatively steeply sloping anteriad; anterior clypeal margin lacking an isolated median seta; posteromedian portion of clypeus relatively broadly inserted between frontal lobes; mandible relatively narrow; masticatory margin oblique, with 4-5 teeth; antennae 11-segmented, with distinct 3-segmented club; eye well developed, weakly pointed anteroventrally; mesosoma long; promesonotal dome raised above anterodorsal border of propodeum, with a long posterior slope to propodeum; promesonotal suture absent dorsally; metanotal groove weakly impressed dorsally; propodeal spine curving upwards and forwards from base; propodeal spiracle located close to dorsal face of propodeum, far in front of base of propodeal spine; propodeal lobe ve

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Specimen records

5

Family

Formicidae

Collections

CAS, NHMUK, FMNH

Recorded in

Malaysia, India

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Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Formicidae

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