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Eulithomyrmex striatus
| †Eulithomyrmex striatus Temporal range: Late Eocene Florissant, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Agroecomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Eulithomyrmex |
| Species: | †E. striatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eulithomyrmex striatus (Carpenter, 1930) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †striatus. †Lithomyrmex striatus Carpenter, 1930: 36, pl. 6, fig. 1 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in †Eulithomyrmex: Carpenter, 1935: 91.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 36, pl. 6, fig. 1 worker, queen described)
- Carpenter, F. M. 1935. A new name for Lithomyrmex Carp. (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 42: 91 (page 91, Combination in Eulithomyrmex)