last updated 9.Mar.2006 |
Gracilidris Gracilidris ants are rare nocturnal insects known from open scrub forests in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, as well as from a single fossil in the Dominican amber. The single extant species, G. pombero*, nests in small colonies in the soil. These slender dolichoderine ants were formally described only very recently, indicative of the tremendous amount of yet-undiscovered biological diversity in the Neotropics.
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