Glaphyromyrmex

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Glaphyromyrmex
Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Glaphyromyrmex
Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Type species
Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus
Diversity
1 fossil species
(Species Checklist)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon is known from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • GLAPHYROMYRMEX [Formicinae: Formicini]
    • Glaphyromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 131. Type-species: †Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus, by monotypy.
    • Glaphyromyrmex in Formicinae, Formicini: Boudinot et al., 2022: 133.

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