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Genus of ants

Miomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene? PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

  1. Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. PDF 123533
  2. Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Miomyrmex

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