| Taxon | Cephalotes olmecus |
|---|---|
| Authority | de Andrade, 1999 |
| Extinct | true |
Cephalotes olmecus is an extinct species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes known only from Mexican amber inclusions.[1]
Taxonomy
Cephalotes olmecus was first described in 1999 from two Chiapas amber fossil inclusions of respectively a worker and a dwarf soldier ant.[2] Maria de Andrade, who described the species, placed C. olmecus in the grandinosus clade in which it forms a subclade with fossil species Cephalotes maya and extant species Cephalotes foliaceus.[2]
The specific epithet olmecus is in reference to the Olmecs of Mexico.[2]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Cephalotes olmecus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Andrade, Maria L. de & Baroni Urbani, Cesare (1999). "Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 271: 425-429, 853. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde. Retrieved 6 January 2024.