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Chronomyrmex

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Chronomyrmex
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Chronomyrmex
McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013
Species:
C. medicinehatensis
Binomial name
Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis
McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013

Chronomyrmex is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus only contains a single species Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis, discovered in Canada and described in 2013.[1]

References

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  1. ^ McKellar, R.C.; Glasier, J.R.N.; Engel, M.S. (2013). "New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 88 (3): 583–594. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1425.