''Alloiomma'' 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 ...
that once belonged to 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 ...
. ''A. changweiensis'' was the first extinct species to be discovered by Zhang in 1989, and another fossil species was discovered in 1994, known as ''A.differentialis''. The ants were endemic to
China.
[Zhang, J., Sun, B. ; Zhang, X. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong. Beijing: Science Press, v + 298 pp.: 298pp (page 166, Fig. 146 queen described)]
Species
*''Alloiomma changweiensis''
Zhang, 1989
*''Alloiomma differentialis''
Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q19841148
†
Fossil taxa described in 1989
†
Fossil ant genera