Yunodorylus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing four described species.[2] The genus is distributed widely across mainland Southeast Asia and the island of Borneo.[3][4] Yunodorylus was described in 2000, later placed as a junior synonym of Cerapachys by Bolton (2003), and was resurrected as a valid genus by Borowiec (2016)[3]

Yunodorylus
Yunodorylus sexspinus lateral
Yunodorylus sexspinus dorsal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Yunodorylus
Xu, 2000
Type species
Yunodorylus antennatus
Xu, 2000
Diversity[1]
4 species
Yunodorylus sexspinus head

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Yunodorylus". AntCat. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Yunodorylus". antcat.org. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Borowiec, M. (2016). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. Bibcode:2016ZooK..608....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMC 4982377. PMID 27559303.
  4. ^ "Genus: Yunodorylus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 3 June 2021.