Petraeomyrmex

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†Petraeomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene
Carpenter 1930-75 Petraeomyrmex minimus.jpg
Petraeomyrmex minimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
Genus:
Petraeomyrmex

Carpenter, 1930
Species:
†P. minimus
Binomial name
†Petraeomyrmex minimus
Carpenter, 1930

Petraeomyrmex is a genus of extinct species in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Petraeomyrmex minimus.[1] The species was once endemic to the United States in Colorado, which was the location of where the fossil remains were found.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533


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