Extinct genus of insects

Propalosoma

Temporal range: Ypresian

PreꞒ

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

Propalosoma is an extinct genus of ants in family Formicidae containing a single species Propalosoma gutierrezae.[1][2]

The genus was originally placed in the wasp family Rhopalosomatidae, but moved to the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae by Archibald et al in 2018.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b 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.
2. ^ "Propalosoma (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999)". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

Taxon identifiers

Propalosoma|

* Wikidata: Q20721559
* Wikispecies: Propalosoma
* Fossilworks: 230536
* GBIF: 4680446
* IRMNG: 1237239

Propalosoma gutierrezae|

* Wikidata: Q21353432
* Wikispecies: Propalosoma gutierrezae
* EoL: 42287035
* Fossilworks: 230537

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