Elaeomyrmex

†Elaeomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: †Elaeomyrmex
Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Elaeomyrmex gracilis
Diversity
2 fossil species

Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States in 1930.[1]

Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.[1]

Species

  • Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
  • Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930

References

  1. 1 2 Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533


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