Eocenidris
†Eocenidris Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Arkansas amber, Malvern, Arkansas, United States | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | †Eocenidris Wilson, 1985 |
Type species | |
Eocenidris crassa | |
Diversity | |
1 fossil species (Species Checklist) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Arkansas amber, Malvern, Arkansas, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †EOCENIDRIS [incertae sedis in Myrmicinae]
- †Eocenidris Wilson, 1985d: 209. Type-species: †Eocenidris crassa, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Eocenidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 188, Eocenidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 258, Eocenidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 81, Eocenidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
- Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 205-216. (page 209, Eocenidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)