Usomyrma
| †Usomyrma Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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| 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
- ↑ 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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