Biology:Proiridomyrmex

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Short description: Genus of ants

Proiridomyrmex
Temporal range: Eocene, 51–46 Ma
Proiridomyrmex rotundatus specimen.png
Proiridomyrmex rotundatus
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Incertae sedis/Dolichoderinae
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. http://antcat.org/catalog/429146. 
  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". Sociobiology 62 (2). doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174. http://antcat.org/documents/6437/lapolla__j-s-__greenwlalt__d-e-_2015-_fossil_ants_of_the_middle_eocene_kishenehn_formation.pdf. 

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