Protazteca elongata
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| †Protazteca elongata Temporal range: Late Eocene Florissant, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Protazteca |
| Species: | †P. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protazteca elongata Carpenter, 1930  Protazteca elongata Obverse of holotype queen | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †elongata. †Protazteca elongata Carpenter, 1930: 43, pl. 2, fig. 3; pl. 8, fig. 5; pl. 9, fig. 3; pl. 10, fig. 4 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 43, pl. 2, fig. 3; pl. 8, fig. 5; pl. 9, fig. 3; pl. 10, fig. 4 worker, queen, male described)
