Archimyrmex rostratus
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| †Archimyrmex rostratus Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Archimyrmex |
| Species: | †A. rostratus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archimyrmex rostratus Cockerell, 1923
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from U.S.A.
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †rostratus. †Archimyrmex rostratus Cockerell, 1923a: 52, figs. a, b (w.) U.S.A. (Eocene). See also: Carpenter, 1930: 16; Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 420; Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2003: 40.
Description
References
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1923a. The earliest known ponerine ant. Entomologist 56: 51-52 (page 52, figs. a, b worker described)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Perfilieva, K.S. 2003a. Paleogene ants of the genus Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae). Paleontol. Zh. 1: 40-49 (page 43, redescription)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (see also)
