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Protazteca hendersoni
| †Protazteca hendersoni 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. hendersoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protazteca hendersoni (Cockerell, 1906) | |
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.
- †hendersoni. †Ponera hendersoni Cockerell, 1906: 28 (q.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in Euponera: Cockerell, 1927: 164; in †Protazteca: Carpenter, 1930: 42.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66 (page 42, Combination in Protazteca)
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1906. A new fossil ant. Entomol. News 17: 27-28 (page 28, queen described)
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1927. Fossil insects from the Miocene of Colorado. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(19): 161-166 (page 164, Combination in Euponera)