Haidomyrmex

Haidomyrmex
Temporal range: Earliest Cenomanian 99 Ma
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Haidomyrmex zigrasi holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: †Haidomyrmecinae
Genus: †Haidomyrmex
Dlussky, 1996
Species
  • H. cerberus
  • H. scimitarus
  • H. zigrasi

Haidomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Haidomyrmecinae, and is one of nine genera placed in the subfamily Haidomyrmecinae. The genus contains three described species Haidomyrmex cerberus, Haidomyrmex scimitarus, and Haidomyrmex zigrasi. All three are known from single Late Cretaceous fossils which have been found in Asia.[1][2] H. cerberus is the type species and Haidomyrmex the type genus for the subfamily Haidomyrmecinae.[1]

  1. ^ a b Barden, P.; Grimaldi, D. (2012). "Rediscovery of the bizarre Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmex Dlussky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with two new species" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3755): 1–16. doi:10.1206/3755.2. S2CID 83598305.
  2. ^ Dlussky, G. M. (1996). "Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Burmese amber". Paleontological Journal. 30 (4): 449–454.