Eomyrmex guchengziensis

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Eomyrmex guchengziensis
Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Eomyrmex
Species: E. guchengziensis
Binomial name
Eomyrmex guchengziensis
Hong, 1974

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Fushun amber, Liaoning, China (Ypresian, Early Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • guchengziensis. †Eomyrmex guchengzienis Hong, 1974: 138 [English translation p. 147] (q.) CHINA (Eocene). Spelling here emended from guchengzienis: Bolton, 1995b: 188.

Description

References

  • Hong, Y.-C. 1974. [Untitled. Eomyrmex Hong gen. nov. Eomyrmex guchengziensis Hong gen. et sp. nov.]. Pp. 138-139, 147-148 in: Hong, Y.-C., Yang, T.-C., Wang, S.-T., Wang, S.-E., Li, Y.-K., Sun, M.-R., Sun, H.-C., Tu, N.-C. Stratigraphy and palaeontology (page 138, [English translation p. 147] queen described)