Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russian Entomological Journal 11:411-436
Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
Sister taxa: Alloiomma, Asymphylomyrmex, Bothriomyrmecini, Dlusskyus, Dolichoderini, Dolichoderus obliteratus, Elaeomyrmex, Elaphrodites, Eldermyrmex, Emplastus, Eotapinoma, Eurymyrmex, Kotshkorkia, Ktunaxia, Leptomyrmecini, Leptomyrmula, Liometopum, Miomyrmecini, Petraeomyrmex, Protazteca, Tapinomini, Usomyrma, Zherichiniini
Subtaxa: Proiridomyrmex rotundatus Proiridomyrmex vetulus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Montana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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