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Elaeomyrmex

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Elaeomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene
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Elaeomyrmex

Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Elaeomyrmex gracilis
Diversity
2 fossil species

Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States 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

  • Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
  • Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930

References

  1. ^ a b Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533