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Elaphrodites
| †Elaphrodites Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae (incertae sedis) |
| Genus: | †Elaphrodites Zhang, J., 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Elaphrodites scutulatus | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ELAPHRODITES [incertae sedis in Dolichoderinae]
- †Elaphrodites Zhang, J. 1989: 284. Type-species: †Elaphrodites scutulatus, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 87, Elaphrodites in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 284, Elaphrodites as genus; in Dolichoderinae)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 284, Elaphrodites in Dolichoderinae)