Protazteca

Protazteca
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: †Protazteca
Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Protazteca elongata
Diversity
5 fossil species

Protazteca is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, that were endemic to the United States, which was described by Carpenter in 1930.[1]

Species

There are currently 5 fossil species.[2]

  • Protazteca capitata Carpenter, 1930
  • Protazteca eocenica Lapolla & Greenwalt, 2015
  • Protazteca elongata Carpenter, 1930
  • Protazteca hendersoni (Cockerell, 1906)
  • Protazteca quadrata Carpenter, 1930

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Protazteca". AntCat. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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