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Eotapinoma

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Eotapinoma
Temporal range: 79–56 Ma Campanian – Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Eotapinoma
Dlussky, 1988
Type species
Eotapinoma gracilis
Diversity
3 fossil species

Eotapinoma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. It was described by Dlussky in 1988.[1]

Species

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There are three fossil species described to the genus.[2]

  • Eotapinoma compacta Dlussky, 1988
  • Eotapinoma gracilis Dlussky, 1988
  • Eotapinoma macalpini Dlussky, 1999

References

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  1. ^ Bolton, Barry (June 1994). Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World (1st ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0674442806.
  2. ^ Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 22 August 2014.