Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Synonyms: Ameghinoia Viana and Haedo Rossi 1957, Polanskiella Rossi de Garcia 1983
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1923. The earliest known ponerine ant. The Entomologist 56:51-52
Parent taxon: Myrmeciinae according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Archibald et al. 2006, Bolton 2003, Carpenter 1992, Dlussky 2012, Dlussky and Perfilieva 2003, Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002 and Rossi de Garcia 1983
Sister taxa: Avitomyrmex, Macabeemyrma, Myrmeciites, Prionomyrmecini, Propalosoma, Tyrannomecia, Ypresiomyrma
Subtaxa: Archimyrmex piatnitzkii Archimyrmex rostratus Archimyrmex smekali Archimyrmex wedmannae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), Germany (1), United States (8: Colorado)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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