Rhytidoponera kirghizorum

†Rhytidoponera kirghizorum Temporal range: Middle Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	†R. kirghizorum
Binomial name
†Rhytidoponera kirghizorum Dlussky, 1981

Distribution

This taxon was described from the Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan (Middle Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †kirghizorum. †Rhytidoponera? kirghizorum Dlussky, 1981b: 66, fig. 50 (w.) KYRGYZSTAN (Miocene).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 379.

References

• Dlussky, G. M. 1981a. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Pp. 64-83 in: Vishnyakova, V. N., Dlussky, G. M., Pritykina, L. N. New fossil insects from the territories of the USSR. Tr. Paleontol. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 183:1-87.