''Eurymyrmex'' is an extinct genus of ant in the
Formicidae 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 contains a single described species ''Eurymyrmex geologicus''. It was described in 1994, where the first fossils of the ant were found in
China.
[Zhang, J., Sun, B. ; Zhang, X. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong. Beijing: Science Press, v + 298 pp.: 298pp (page 167, Eurymyrmex as genus; Eurymyrmex in Dolichoderinae)]
References
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Monotypic fossil ant genera
Fossil taxa described in 1994
Insects of China
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