Petraeomyrmex
†Petraeomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Petraeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
Species: | †P. minimus |
Binomial name | |
†Petraeomyrmex minimus Carpenter, 1930 | |
Petraeomyrmex is a genus of extinct species in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Petraeomyrmex minimus.[1] The species was once endemic to the United States in Colorado, which was the location of where the fossil remains were found.[1]