Propalosoma

Propalosoma is an extinct genus of ants in family Formicidae containing a single species Propalosoma gutierrezae.[2]

Propalosoma
Temporal range: Ypresian
Propalosoma gutierrezae holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Rhopalosomatidae
Genus: †Propalosoma
Species:
†P. gutierrezae
Binomial name
†Propalosoma gutierrezae
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999[1]

The genus was originally placed in the wasp family Rhopalosomatidae, but moved to the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae by Archibald et al in 2018.[3]

References
  1. "Propalosoma (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999)". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. Lohrmann, V. & A.S. Kroupa (2012). "Genus Propalosoma". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. Archibald, S. B.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Brothers, D. J.; Mathewes, R. W. (2018). "Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 150: 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59.
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