Ktunaxia LaPolla and Greenwalt 2015 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology 62:163-174

Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt 2015

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

Subtaxa: Ktunaxia jucunda

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Type: Ktunaxia jucunda

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn) (Eocene of Montana)

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