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Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus
| †Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Plagiolepis |
| Species: | †Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr, 1868 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Plagiolepis kuenowi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †pygmaeus. †Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr, 1868c: 42, pl. 2, figs. 25, 26 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Junior secondary homonym of pygmaea Latreille, 1798, above.] Replacement name: balticus Dlussky, 1997: 59. Junior synonym of kuenowi: Dlussky, 2010: 69.