Pseudomyrmex oryctus Ward 1992 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: P. S. Ward. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche 99:55-85

Belongs to Pseudomyrmex according to F. Fernández and S. Sendoya 2004

See also Ward 1992

Sister taxa: Pseudomyrmex antiquus, Pseudomyrmex avitus, Pseudomyrmex baros, Pseudomyrmex coruscus, Pseudomyrmex extinctus, Pseudomyrmex macrops, Pseudomyrmex nexilis, Pseudomyrmex prioris, Pseudomyrmex saxulum, Pseudomyrmex simplex, Pseudomyrmex succinus, Pseudomyrmex thecolor, Pseudomyrmex vicinus

Type specimen: MCZ PSW-DA4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican Amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican Amber (MCZ collection)

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