''Bajcaridris'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...

s in the subfamily

Formicinae The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...

. Its three species are known from northern Africa. ''B. theryi'' inhabits the meadows of the

Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Moroc ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

, and ''B. kraussii'' and ''B. menozzii'' inhabit the

wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet ( ephemeral) riverbed that contains water on ...

s of the northern

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Species

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Bajcaridris kraussii ''Bajcaridris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Its three species are known from northern Africa. ''B. theryi'' inhabits the meadows of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and ''B. kraussii'' and ''B. menozzii'' inhabit the wadi ...

'' (Forel, 1895) * ''

Bajcaridris menozzii ''Bajcaridris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Its three species are known from northern Africa. ''B. theryi'' inhabits the meadows of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and ''B. kraussii'' and ''B. menozzii'' inhabit the wadi ...

'' (Santschi, 1923) * ''

Bajcaridris theryi ''Bajcaridris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Its three species are known from northern Africa. ''B. theryi'' inhabits the meadows of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and ''B. kraussii'' and ''B. menozzii'' inhabit the wadi ...

'' (Santschi, 1936)

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* Formicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Africa {{formicinae-stub