| Elaeomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Elaeomyrmex gracilis paratype worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
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| Elaeomyrmex gracilis | |
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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.
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.
Species
- 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. PDF 123533
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| Elaeomyrmex | |
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