Propalosoma

†Propalosoma Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	†Propalosoma Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999
Type species
Propalosoma gutierrezae
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

This genus was originally paced in the wasp family Rhopalosomatidae, but moved to the subfamily Myrmeciinae by Archibald et al. (2018). It is known from a single species, Propalosoma gutierrezae.

Distribution

This taxon is known from Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †PROPALOSOMA [Myrmeciinae]
  • †Propalosoma Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999: 72, fig. 1. Type-species: †Propalosoma gutierrezae, by original designation.
  • In Myrmeciinae: Archibald et al., 2018: 226.

References

• [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 1999a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999a. Two new species of aculeate Hymenoptera (Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontol. Zh. 5:*Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J., Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150, 205-257 (doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59).
• Radchenko, A.G., Perkovsky, E.E. 2020. New finds of the fossil ant genus Prionomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae) in Late Eocene European amber. Paleontological Journal 54, 617–626 (doi:10.1134/s0031030120060088).

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