''Elaphrodites'' is an
extinct 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 wor ...
. Two fossils were discovered and described by Zhang in 1989.
[Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 284, Elaphrodites as genus; in Dolichoderinae)]
Species
* ''Elaphrodites mutatus''
Zhang, J., 1989
* ''Elaphrodites scutulatus''
Zhang, J., 1989
References
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Insects of China
Fossil taxa described in 1989
Fossil ant genera
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