Eotapinoma macalpini

†Eotapinoma macalpini Temporal range: Campanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Eotapinoma
Species:	†E. macalpini
Binomial name
†Eotapinoma macalpini Dlussky, 1999

While Eotapinoma macalpini is currently placed in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, this placement is uncertain as the species was based on a unique specimen that was only partial or partly visible and its precise affinity remains enigmatic (Perrichot, 2019).

Distribution

This taxon was described from Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada (Campanian, Late Cretaceous) (Medicine Hat locality).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †macalpini. †Eotapinoma macalpini Dlussky, 1999b: 73, fig. 1 (w.) CANADA (Cretaceous).

References

• Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
• Cantone, S., Von Zuben, C.J. 2019. The hindwings of ants: A phylogenetic analysis. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2019, 1–11 (doi:10.1155/2019/7929717).
• Dlussky, G.M. 1999. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber [in English]. Paleontological Journal 33: 409-412.
• Dlussky, G.M. 1999. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber [in Russian]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 4: 73-76.
• Perrichot, V. 2019. New Cretaceous records and the diversification of crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 8th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods & Amber, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Radchenko, A.G. 2023. A New Ant Genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Rovno Amber. Zoodiversity, 57(4), 323–336 (doi:10.15407/zoo2023.04.323).