Eotapinoma macalpini

Eotapinoma macalpini
Temporal range: Campanian

Canadian amber

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Eotapinoma
Species: E. macalpini
Binomial name
Eotapinoma macalpini
Dlussky, 1999

Eotapinoma macalpini is an extinct species of ant in the genus Eotapinoma. It was described by Dlussky in 1999 when fossils of the ant were discovered in Canada.[1]

References

  1. Dlussky, G. M. 1999c. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(4 4: 73-76 (page 73, fig. 1 worker described)