Chronomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis, discovered in Canada and described in 2013.[1]
Chronomyrmex Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | †Chronomyrmex McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013 |
Species: | †C. medicinehatensis
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Binomial name | |
†Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013
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References
edit- ^ McKellar, R.C.; Glasier, J.R.N.; Engel, M.S. (2013). "New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 88 (3): 583–594. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1425.