Emplastus
| †Emplastus Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | †Emplastus Donisthorpe, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Emplastus emeryi, now Emplastus britannicus | |
| Diversity | |
| 9 Fossil species | |
Emplastus is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. It was first described in 1920.[1]
Species
There are nine fossil species described under the Emplastus genus.[2]
- Emplastus antiquus Mayr, 1867
- Emplastus britannicus Cockerell, 1915
- Emplastus dubius Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014
- Emplastus gurnetensis Donisthorpe, 1920
- Emplastus haueri Mayr, 1867
- Emplastus hypolitha Cockerell, 1915
- Emplastus kozlovi Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014
- Emplastus miocenicus Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014
- Emplastus ocellus Heer, 1849
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Emplastus in Ponerinae, Ponerini)
- ↑ Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015.