Propalosoma Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.4039/tce.2017.59.
  2. Web site: Propalosoma (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999) . Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet . 2015-05-16.

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