Elaeomyrmex
†Elaeomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
Type species | |
Elaeomyrmex gracilis | |
Diversity | |
2 fossil species |
Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States 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
- Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
- Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930