Usomyrma
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| Genus: | Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
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| Species: | †U. mirabilis
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| †Usomyrma mirabilis Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
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Usomyrma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single species Usomyrma mirabilis. The new genus is due to the differences of the ants based on two male specimens that were once presumed to be a part of the genus Leptomyrmex.[1]
References
- ^ Dlussky, Gennady (2014). "A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (4): 931–939. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0028.