Elaeomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae and containing two species. The fossils were first described from the Florissant Formation, Colorado in 1930.[1]

Elaeomyrmex
Temporal range: Oligocene
Elaeomyrmex gracilis paratype worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Elaeomyrmex
Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Elaeomyrmex gracilis
Species
  • E. coloradensis
  • E. gracilis

Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.[1]

Species

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E. coloradensis paratype queen
  • Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter, 1930
  • Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter, 1930

References

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  1. ^ a b Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533