Protazteca quadrata

†Protazteca quadrata Temporal range: Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Florissant, Colorado, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Protazteca
Species:	†P. quadrata
Binomial name
†Protazteca quadrata Carpenter, 1930

Distribution

This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †quadrata. †Protazteca quadrata Carpenter, 1930: 44, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 7; pl. 10, fig. 5 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Oligocene).

References

• Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 44, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 7; pl. 10, fig. 5 worker, queen described)