Bilobomyrma
†Bilobomyrma Temporal range: 42–37 Ma Middle to Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | †Bilobomyrma Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013 |
Type species | |
Bilobomyrma ukrainica | |
Diversity | |
2 fossil species (Species Checklist) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †BILOBOMYRMA [Myrmicinae: Formicoxenini]
- †Bilobomyrma Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013: 1062. Type-species: †Bilobomyrma ukrainica, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Radchenko, A. & Dlussky, G.M. 2013. Bilobomyrma new genus, a new extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the late Eocene European ambers. Journal of Paleontology 87, 1060-1066.