Yantaromyrmex
†Yantaromyrmex Temporal range: 42–37 Ma Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013 |
Type species | |
Hypoclinea geinitzi, now Yantaromyrmex geinitzi | |
Diversity | |
5 fossil species (Species Checklist) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †YANTAROMYRMEX [Dolichoderinae]
- †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013: 307. Type-species: †Hypoclinea geinitzi, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Dlussky, G.M. & Dubovikoff, D.A. 2013. Yantaromyrmex gen. n. – a new ant genus (Hymenoptera Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9, 305-314.