''Eotapinoma'' is an
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
ants 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 world ...
. It was described by Dlussky in 1988.
Species
There are three fossil species described to the genus.
*''Eotapinoma compacta''
Dlussky, 1988
*''Eotapinoma gracilis''
Dlussky, 1988
*''Eotapinoma macalpini''
Dlussky, 1999
References
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Hymenoptera of North America
Prehistoric insects of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1988
Fossil ant genera
Canadian amber
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