''Chronomyrmex'' is an
extinct genus of
ants
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Creta ...
of the subfamily
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...
. The genus only contains a single species ''Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis'', discovered in Canada and described in 2013.
References
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Monotypic fossil ant genera
Hymenoptera of North America
Fossil taxa described in 2013
Late Cretaceous insects
Canadian amber
Taxa named by Michael S. Engel
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