Elaeomyrmex
Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae and containing two species. The fossils were first described from the Florissant Formation, Colorado in 1930.[1]
| Elaeomyrmex Temporal range: | |
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| Elaeomyrmex gracilis paratype worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Elaeomyrmex gracilis | |
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Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.[1]
Species
E. coloradensis paratype queen
- Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
- Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930
References
- 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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