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Eurymyrmex
| †Eurymyrmex 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: | †Eurymyrmex Zhang, J., Sun & Zhang, X., 1994 |
| Type species | |
| Eurymyrmex geologicus | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 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.
- †EURYMYRMEX [incertae sedis in Dolichoderinae]
- †Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994: 167 (English translation: 286). Type-species: †Eurymyrmex geologicus, 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 88, Eurymyrmex in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- Zhang, J., Sun, B. ; Zhang, X. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong. Beijing: Science Press, v + 298 pp.: 298pp (page 167, Eurymyrmex as genus; Eurymyrmex in Dolichoderinae)