Elaeomyrmex
Genus of ants
Elaeomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Elaeomyrmex gracilis paratype worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
Type species | |
Elaeomyrmex gracilis | |
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Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae and containing two species. The fossils were first described from the Florissant Formation, Colorado in 1930.[1]
Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.[1]
Species
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- Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
- Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930
References
- ^ a b Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533
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