Ktunaxia
†Ktunaxia Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation shale, Montana, United States | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | †Ktunaxia LaPolla & Greenwlalt, 2015 |
Type species | |
Ktunaxia jucunda | |
Diversity | |
1 fossil species (Species Checklist) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Kishenehn Formation shale, Montana, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †KTUNAXIA [Dolichoderinae]
- †Ktunaxia LaPolla & Greenwlalt, 2015: 166. Type-species: †Ktunaxia jucunda, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- LaPolla, J.S. & Greenwlalt, D.E. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology, 62, 163-174 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174).