Species: †Pseudomyrmex avitus Ward, 1992

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: avitus

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Pseudomyrmex avitus Ward, 1992 PDF: 59, fig. 11 (w.m.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Dominican amber; Early Miocene (16-19 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype PSW-DA30; other specimen PSW-DA20, in Poinar collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, U.S.A.; specimen PALE-33623 in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA.

References:

Ward P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche, 99(1): 55-85.

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