Miomyrmex
| †Miomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene? | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | †Miomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Formica impacta, now Miomyrmex impactus | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 fossil species | |
Miomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States in the state of Colorado in 1930.[1]
Species
There are two species in this extinct genus.[2]
- Miomyrmex impactus Cockerell, 1927
- Miomyrmex striatus Carpenter, 1930
References
- ↑ Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533
- ↑ Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015.