Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1930. The Fossil Ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 70:1-66
Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Bolton 2003 and Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Alloiomma, Asymphylomyrmex, Bothriomyrmecini, Dlusskyus, Dolichoderini, Dolichoderus obliteratus, Elaeomyrmex, Elaphrodites, Eldermyrmex, Emplastus, Eotapinoma, Eurymyrmex, Kotshkorkia, Ktunaxia, Leptomyrmecini, Leptomyrmula, Liometopum, Miomyrmecini, Petraeomyrmex, Proiridomyrmex, Tapinomini, Usomyrma, Zherichiniini
Subtaxa: Protazteca capitata Protazteca elongata Protazteca eocenica Protazteca hendersoni Protazteca quadrata
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (12: Colorado, Montana collections)
Total: 12 collections including 29 occurrences
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