Emplastus antiquus

Emplastus antiquus
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Emplastus
Species: E. antiquus
Binomial name
Emplastus antiquus
(Mayr, 1867)

Emplastus antiquus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Emplastus. Described by Mayr in 1867, fossils were discovered in the former country of Yugoslavia.[1]

References

  1. Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 60, pl. fig. 10 queen described)