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Miomyrmex impactus
| †Miomyrmex impactus 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: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | †Miomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Miomyrmex |
| Species: | †M. impactus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Miomyrmex impactus (Cockerell, 1927)  Miomyrmex impactus Obverse of holotype no. 2857 queen | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †impactus. †Formica impacta Cockerell, 1927: 165 (q.) U.S.A. (Oligocene). Combination in †Miomyrmex: Carpenter, 1930: 52.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66 (page 52, Combination in Miomyrmex)
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1927. Fossil insects from the Miocene of Colorado. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(19): 161-166 (page 165, queen described)