Myrmeciites

†Myrmeciites Temporal range: 55–48 Ma K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Ypresian, Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae (incertae sedis)
Genus:	†Myrmeciites Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
Type species
Not required
Diversity
3 fossil species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)

Distribution

This taxon is known from Horsefly River, British Columbia, Canada (Ypresian, Early Eocene) and McAbee, British Columbia, Canada (Ypresian, Early Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †MYRMECIITES [incertae sedis in Myrmeciinae: collective group name]
  • †Myrmeciites Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006: 500. [Collective group name.]

References

• Archibald, S.B., Cover, S.P. & Moreau, C.S. 2006. Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 486-523.