Eulithomyrmex rugosus

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Eulithomyrmex rugosus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Florissant, Colorado, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Agroecomyrmecinae
Genus: Eulithomyrmex
Species: E. rugosus
Binomial name
Eulithomyrmex rugosus
(Carpenter, 1930)
Eulithomyrmex rugosus Paratype no 17.019a (queen)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • rugosus. †Lithomyrmex rugosus Carpenter, 1930: 35, pl. 5, figs. 1, 3; pl. 8, fig. 2; pl. 11, fig. 3 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in †Eulithomyrmex: Carpenter, 1935: 91.

Description

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