Pseudocamponotus elkoanus

†Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Temporal range: Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Elko, Nevada, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Pseudocamponotus
Species:	†P. elkoanus
Binomial name
†Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter, 1930

For notes on this species see Pseudocamponotus.

Distribution

This taxon was described from Elko, Nevada, United States (Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †elkoanus. †Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter, 1930: 22, pl. 2, fig. 2 (q.) U.S.A. (Miocene).

References

• Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
• Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 22, pl. 2, fig. 2 queen described)