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''Elaeomyrmex'' is an
123533 Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.
*''Elaeomyrmex coloradensis'' Carpenter, 1930
*''Elaeomyrmex gracilis'' Carpenter, 1930
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of ant in 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 world ...
and containing two species. The fossils were first described from the Florissant Formation, Colorado in 1930.Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology'' 70:1-66. PDF123533 Only the workers and queens have been properly studied, and it shows the workers were similar in appearance to the queens, except the queens were the largest of the colony.
Species
*''Elaeomyrmex coloradensis'' Carpenter, 1930
*''Elaeomyrmex gracilis'' Carpenter, 1930
References
† Oligocene insects">Dolichoderinae">† Oligocene insects Hymenoptera of North America Fossil taxa described in 1930 Fossil ant genera Florissant Formation {{Dolichoderinae-stub