Gaoligongidris

Gaoligongidris (named after the type locality) is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.^[1] It contains the single species Gaoligongidris planodorsa, collected in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province, China. The genus is known only from workers, nests in the soil, and forages on the ground. While similar to the genus Lophomyrmex of the tribe Attini, Gaoligongidris is most closely related to the Indo-Australian Lasiomyrma, tribe Crematogastrini.^[2]

Gaoligongidris
Gaoligongidris planodorsa type specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Gaoligongidris Xu, 2012
Species:	G. planodorsa
Binomial name
Gaoligongidris planodorsa Xu, 2012

References

1. Bolton, B. (2016). "Gaoligongidris". AntCat. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. Xu, Z.-H. (2012). "Gaoligongidris planodorsa, a new genus and species of the ant subfamily Myrmicinae from China with a key to the genera of Stenammini of the world (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 59 (2): 331–342. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.594.