Biology:Tapinoma troche

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Short description: Species of ant

Tapinoma troche
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Dominican amber
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species:
T. troche
Binomial name
Tapinoma troche
Wilson, 1985

Tapinoma troche is an extinct species of ant in the genus Tapinoma. Described by Wilson in 1985, fossils of the species were found in the Dominican amber, where a fossilised worker of the species was described.[1]

References

  1. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 17-37

Wikidata ☰ Q3911067 entry