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Elaeomyrmex

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Elaeomyrmex
Temporal range:Oligocene
Elaeomyrmex gracilisparatype worker
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Elaeomyrmex
Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Elaeomyrmex gracilis
Species
  • E. coloradensis
  • E. gracilis

Elaeomyrmexis anextinctgenus ofantin the subfamilyDolichoderinaeand containing two species. The fossils were first described from theFlorissant Formation,Colorado in 1930.[1]

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

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E. coloradensisparatype queen
  • Elaeomyrmex coloradensisCarpenter, 1930
  • Elaeomyrmex gracilisCarpenter, 1930

References

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  1. ^abCarpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology70:1-66. [1930-01]PDF123533