Protazteca

Protazteca
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: †Protazteca
Carpenter, 1930
Type species
Protazteca elongata
Diversity
5 fossil species

Protazteca is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, that were endemic to the United States, which was described by Carpenter in 1930.

Species

There are currently 5 fossil species.

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533
  2. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Protazteca". AntCat. Retrieved 4 January 2015.