Propalosoma gutierrezae
†Propalosoma gutierrezae Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Genus: | Propalosoma |
Species: | †P. gutierrezae |
Binomial name | |
†Propalosoma gutierrezae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †gutierrezae. †Propalosoma gutierrezae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999: 74, fig. 1 (q.) U.S.A. (Middle Eocene).
- In Myrmeciinae: Archibald et al., 2018: 226.
Description
References
- [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 1999a.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999a. Two new species of aculeate Hymenoptera (Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontol. Zh. 5:*Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J., Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150, 205-257 (doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59).
- Jouault, C., Nel, A. 2021. The oldest Cenozoic ant fossil: †Tyrannomecia gen. nov. (Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) from the Palaeocene Menat Formation (France). Historical Biology, 1–8 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2010192).
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- Mera-Rodríguez, D., Jourdan, H., Ward, P.S., Shattuck, S., Cover, S.P., Wilson, E.O., Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186, 107825 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825).