Liometopum miocenicum

†Liometopum miocenicum 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:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Liometopum
Species:	†L. miocenicum
Binomial name
†Liometopum miocenicum Carpenter, 1930

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

• †miocenicum. †Liometopum miocenicum Carpenter, 1930: 46, pl. 3, fig. 6; pl. 8, fig. 3; pl. 9, fig. 8; pl. 10, fig. 8; pl. 11, fig. 7 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Oligocene).

References

• Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
• Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 46, pl. 3, fig. 6; pl. 8, fig. 3; pl. 9, fig. 8; pl. 10, fig. 8; p. 11, fig. 7 worker, queen, male described)
• LaPolla, J.S. 2023. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the early Oligocene Canyon Ferry Reservoir deposit. Palaeoentomology 6(4), 385-397 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.10).