Emplastus britannicus

Emplastus britannicus
Temporal range: 36–32Ma

Late Eocene to Early Oligocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Emplastus
Species: E. britannicus
Binomial name
Emplastus britannicus
(Cockerell, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915
  • Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920

Emplastus britannicus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Emplastus. Described by Cockerell in 1915, the ants fossils were found in the United Kingdom.[1]

References

  1. Cockerell, T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 49: 469-499 (page 483, pl. 65, figs, 6, 7 queen described)