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Cyphomyrmex taino
| †Cyphomyrmex taino 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 |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrmex |
| Species: | †C. taino |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cyphomyrmex taino De Andrade, 2003 | |
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.
- †taino. †Cyphomyrmex taino De Andrade, 2003: 135, fig. 2 (q.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.
Description
References
- Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
- De Andrade, M. L. 2003b. First descriptions of two new amber species of Cyphomyrmex from Mexico and the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Beitr. Entomol. 53(1): 131-139 (page 135, fig. 2 queen described)