Usomyrma Dlussky et al. 2014 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. Dlussky, A. Radchenko, and D. Dubovikoff. 2014. A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59:931-939

Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2016

See also Dlussky et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Alloiomma, Asymphylomyrmex, Bothriomyrmecini, Dlusskyus, Dolichoderini, Dolichoderus obliteratus, Elaeomyrmex, Elaphrodites, Eldermyrmex, Emplastus, Eotapinoma, Eurymyrmex, Kotshkorkia, Ktunaxia, Leptomyrmecini, Leptomyrmula, Miomyrmecini, Petraeomyrmex, Proiridomyrmex, Protazteca, Shanwangella, Tapinomini, Zherichiniini

Subtaxa: Usomyrma mirabilis

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Type: Usomyrma mirabilis

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Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection) (Eocene of Denmark)

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