Genus: Cyphoidris

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 4 valid species

Cyphoidris Weber, 1952a PDF: 26. Type-species: Cyphoidris spinosa, by original designation. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Cyphoidris in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16.

Cyphoidris in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 26; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 59, 202.

Cyphoidris in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF: 77.

Cyphoidris in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini, Carebara genus group: Blaimer et al., 2018 10.1093/isd/ixy013 PDF: 7.

Cyphoidris as junior synonym of Lordomyrma: Brown, 1973b PDF: 179 [provisional].

Cyphoidris as genus: Bolton, 1981b PDF: 256; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13; Bolton, 1994: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 26; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 59, 202; Taylor, 2009 PDF: 25.

Genus Cyphoidris catalogues

Bolton, 1995b: 167; Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 258 (checklist).

Genus Cyphoidris references

Bolton, 1981b PDF: 256 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1049 (census); Taylor, 2009 PDF: 25 (notes); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 256 (diagnosis).

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical
  Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records):
    Afrotropical

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name	Status	Publication	Pages	ModsID	GoogleMaps
Cyphoidris		Taylor, R. W., 2009, Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)., Zootaxa 1979, pp. 16-28: 25-27, (download)	25-27	22490
Cyphoidris		Bolton, B., 1981, A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43, pp. 245-307: 256-257, (download)	256-257	6438

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