| Alloiomma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Alloiomma Zhang, J., 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Alloiomma changweiensis | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 fossil species | |
Alloiomma is an extinct genus of ants that once belonged to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. 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.[1][2]
Species
- Alloiomma changweiensis Zhang, 1989
- Alloiomma differentialis Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
References
- ↑ Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 282, Fig. 283 male described)
- ↑ 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)
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