Gracilidris pombero

Gracilidris pombero
	G. pombero worker from Paraguay
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Gracilidris
Species:	G. pombero
Binomial name
	Gracilidris pombero; Wild & Cuezzo, 2006

Gracilidris pombero is a species of ant in the genus Gracilidris. Described by Wild and Cuezzo in 2006, the species is endemic to the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.^[1]

Etymology[edit]

In Guarani mythology, Pombero is a mythical humanoid creature that is nocturnal, and this is a reference to the ants nocturnal behaviour.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Wild, Alexander L.; Cuezzo, Fabiana (2006-03-08). "Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America". Zootaxa. 1142 (1). Magnolia Press: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1142.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

External links[edit]

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[Wild-1] Wild, Alexander L.; Cuezzo, Fabiana (2006-03-08). "Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America". Zootaxa. 1142 (1). Magnolia Press: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1142.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

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