Usomyrma
| †Usomyrma Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014 |
| Species: | †U. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Usomyrma mirabilis Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014 | |
Usomyrma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single species Usomyrma mirabilis, and it is perhaps among the most recent genera to be described, being a new genus in 2014. The new genera is due to the differences of the ants based on two male specimens that were once presumed to be apart of the genus Leptomyrmex.[1]
References
- ↑ Dlussky, Gennady (2014). "A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (4): 931–939. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0028.