†Miomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene? PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Miomyrmex impactus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | †Miomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
Type species | |
Formica impacta, now Miomyrmex impactus | |
Diversity | |
2 fossil species |
Miomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States in the state of Colorado in 1930.
Species
There are two species in this extinct genus.
- Miomyrmex impactus Cockerell, 1927
- Miomyrmex striatus 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
- Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Miomyrmex |
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