Usomyrma

Usomyrma
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Artist's reconstruction of Usomyrma mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Usomyrma
Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
Species: U. mirabilis
Binomial name
Usomyrma mirabilis
Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014

Usomyrma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single species Usomyrma mirabilis. The new genus is due to the differences of the ants based on two male specimens that were once presumed to be a part of the genus Leptomyrmex.[1]

References

  1. Dlussky, Gennady (2014). "A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (4): 931–939. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0028.
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