Proiridomyrmex

Proiridomyrmex
Temporal range: Eocene, 51–46 Ma
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Proiridomyrmex rotundatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: †Proiridomyrmex
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002
Type species
Proiridomyrmex vetulusa
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003, 1862
Diversity[1]
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

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "†Proiridomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)


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