Ishakidris is a genus of myrmicine ants containing two species.[1] The genus was known only from a single worker of I. ascitaspis collected in 1978 from the leaf litter in the Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo,[2] however a second species I. hastifera was described in 2026.
| Ishakidris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Clade: | Myrmicomorpha |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Ishakidris Bolton, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Ishakidris ascitaspis Bolton, 1984 | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Species
editAs of 2026, the genus contains two species.
- Ishakidris ascitaspis Bolton, 1984
- Ishakidris hastifera Baptista et al., 2026
References
edit- ↑ "Genus: Ishakidris". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (1984). "Diagnosis and relationships of the myrmicine ant genus Ishakidris gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Syst. Entomol. 9 (4): 373–382. Bibcode:1984SysEn...9..373B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00516.x.