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Ilemomyrmex caecus
| †Ilemomyrmex caecus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Ilemomyrmex |
| Species: | †I. caecus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ilemomyrmex caecus Wilson, 1985 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †caecus. †Ilemomyrmex caecus Wilson, 1985a: 3, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene).
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.
Description
References
- Wilson, E. O. 1985a. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 1-9 (page 3, figs. 1, 2 worker, queen described)