Eulithomyrmex rugosus

†Eulithomyrmex rugosus Temporal range: Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Florissant, Colorado, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Agroecomyrmecinae
Genus:	Eulithomyrmex
Species:	†E. rugosus
Binomial name
†Eulithomyrmex rugosus (Carpenter, 1930) Eulithomyrmex rugosus Paratype no 17.019a (queen)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †rugosus. †Lithomyrmex rugosus Carpenter, 1930: 35, pl. 5, figs. 1, 3; pl. 8, fig. 2; pl. 11, fig. 3 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in †Eulithomyrmex: Carpenter, 1935: 91.

References

• Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. (page 35, pl. 5, figs. 1, 3; pl. 8, fig. 2; pl. 11, fig. 3 queen, male described)
• Carpenter, F. M. 1935. A new name for Lithomyrmex Carp. (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 42: 91 (page 91, Combination in Eulithomyrmex)