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Species: †Eulithomyrmex rugosus   (Carpenter, 1930) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Lithomyrmex rugosus Carpenter, 1930 PDF: 35, pl. 5, figs. 1, 3; pl. 8, fig. 2; pl. 11, fig. 3 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in †Eulithomyrmex: Carpenter, 1935 PDF: 91.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Nearctic Region: Colorado, North America, United States
Neotropical Region: Americas

Distribution Notes:

Florissant, Colorado, U.S.A.; Late Eocene (ca. 34 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype MCZC-2926 in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts, U.S.A.; one paratype available in University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado.

Taxonomic Notes:

Bolton, 2003: 52, genus †Eulithomyrmex in Agroecomyrmecinae; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2007: 77, reinstated in Myrmicinae: Agroecomyrmecini. Late statement not followed here.

References:

  • Carpenter F.M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, 70: 1-66.
  • Carpenter F.M. 1935. A new name for Lithomyrmex Carp. (Hymenoptera). Psyche, 42: 91.
  • Bolton B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1-370.
  • Baroni Urbani C. & De Andrade M.L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", 99: 1-191.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: paratype: ucm17019



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