Proiridomyrmex
| †Proiridomyrmex Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 |
| Species: | †P. vetulus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Proiridomyrmex vetulus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 | |
Proiridomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single species Proiridomyrmex vetulus, described in 2002 where its fossils were discovered in the United States.[1]
References
- ↑ Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 416, fig. 3, described)