Petraeomyrmex
| †Petraeomyrmex Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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| Petraeomyrmex minimus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Petraeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
| Species: | †P. minimus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Petraeomyrmex minimus Carpenter, 1930 | |
Petraeomyrmex is a genus of extinct species in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Petraeomyrmex minimus.[1] The species was once endemic to the United States in Colorado, which was the location of where the fossil remains were found.[1]
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