Pseudomyrmex extinctus
†Pseudomyrmex extinctus 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: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Genus: | Pseudomyrmex |
Species: | †P. extinctus |
Binomial name | |
†Pseudomyrmex extinctus (Carpenter, 1930) |
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.
- †extinctus. †Pseudomyrma extincta Carpenter, 1930: 29, pl. 3, fig. 4 (q.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Ward, 1990: 487.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 29, pl. 3, fig. 4 queen described)
- Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 487, Combination in Pseudomyrmex)