Miomyrmex
Genus of ants
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Miomyrmex is an extinct genus of ant of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The fossils were first discovered in the United States in the state of Colorado in 1930.[1]
| Miomyrmex Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Miomyrmex impactus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | †Miomyrmecini Carpenter, 1930 |
| Genus: | †Miomyrmex Carpenter, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Formica impacta, now Miomyrmex impactus | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 fossil species | |
Species
There are two species in this extinct genus.[2]
- Miomyrmex impactus Cockerell, 1927
- Miomyrmex striatus Carpenter, 1930