Elaeomyrmex
Appearance
Elaeomyrmex Temporal range:
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Elaeomyrmex gracilisparatype worker | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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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- Elaeomyrmex coloradensisCarpenter, 1930
- Elaeomyrmex gracilisCarpenter, 1930
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