Proiridomyrmex Explained

Proiridomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains two species; Proiridomyrmex vetulus, described in 2002 where its fossils were discovered in the United States, and Proiridomyrmex rotundatus, described in 2015.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 416, fig. 3, described)
  2. Lapolla. John S. Greenwalt. Dale E. Fossil Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology. 2015. 62. 2. 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174. 2024-02-24 . free.

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