Propalosoma is an extinct genus of ants in the family Formicidae, containing a single species Propalosoma gutierrezae, known from the Eocene aged Klondike Mountain Formation in Washington State.[1][2] The genus was originally placed in the wasp family Rhopalosomatidae, but moved to the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae by Archibald et al in 2018.[1]
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| Propalosoma gutierrezae holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | †Propalosoma |
| Species: | †P. gutierrezae
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| †Propalosoma gutierrezae | |
References
edit- ^ a b Archibald, S. B.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Brothers, D. J.; Mathewes, R. W. (2018). "Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 150: 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59.
- ^ "Propalosoma (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999)". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
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