Proiridomyrmex
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†Proiridomyrmex Temporal range: Fossil
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Proiridomyrmex rotundatus | |
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Genus: | Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002
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Proiridomyrmex vetulusa Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003, 1862
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2 species |
Proiridomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains two species; Proiridomyrmex vetulus, described in 2002 where its fossils were discovered in the United States, and Proiridomyrmex rotundatus, described in 2015.[2][3]
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "†Proiridomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 416, fig. 3, described)
- ^ Lapolla, John S; Greenwalt, Dale E (2015). "Fossil Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation" (PDF). Sociobiology. 62 (2). doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174.