Neivamyrmex ectopus
†Neivamyrmex ectopus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
Species: | †N. ectopus |
Binomial name | |
†Neivamyrmex ectopus Wilson, 1985 |
This is one of only a handful of species within the subfamily Dorylinae known from fossils. It is also the only known species of Neivamyrmex found within the Greater Antilles, although the genus does occur in the Lesser Antilles. This would suggest that the genus was once more widely spread. Neivamyrmex ectopus appears to be overall more similarity to contemporary Mexican and United States species rather than South American species, suggesting a closer relationship to these northern taxa.
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ectopus. †Neivamyrmex ectopus Wilson, 1985b: 11, figs. 1, 2 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.