Pseudectatomma

†Pseudectatomma Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Messel, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Genus:	†Pseudectatomma Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
Type species
Pseudectatomma eocenica
Diversity
2 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Distribution

This taxon is known from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †PSEUDECTATOMMA[Ectatomminae]
  • †Pseudectatomma Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 728. Type-species: †Pseudectatomma eocenica, by original designation.

References

• Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).
• Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.