Pseudomyrmex macrops

†Pseudomyrmex macrops Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Dominican amber, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Pseudomyrmex
Species:	†P. macrops
Binomial name
†Pseudomyrmex macrops Ward, 1992

Distribution

This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †macrops. †Pseudomyrmex macrops Ward, 1992: 66, figs. 4, 14 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene).

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.

References

• Ward, P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche (Camb.) 99: 55-85. (page 66, figs. 4, 14 worker described)