| Propalosoma Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Propalosoma gutierrezae holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | †Propalosoma |
| Species: | †P. gutierrezae |
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| †Propalosoma gutierrezae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999 | |
Propalosoma is an extinct genus of ants in the family Formicidae, containing a single species Propalosoma gutierrezae, known from the Eocene aged Klondike Mountain Formation in Washington State. The genus was originally placed in the wasp family Rhopalosomatidae, but moved to the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae by Archibald et al in 2018.
References
- ^ Archibald, S. B.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Brothers, D. J.; Mathewes, R. W. (2018). "Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 150: 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59.
- "Propalosoma (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999)". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
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| Propalosoma | |
| Propalosoma gutierrezae | |
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