Elaphrodites is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Two fossils were discovered and described by Zhang in 1989.[1]
| Elaphrodites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Elaphrodites Zhang, J., 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Elaphrodites scutulatus | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 fossil species | |
Species
edit- Elaphrodites mutatus Zhang, 1989
- Elaphrodites scutulatus Zhang, 1989
References
edit- ^ Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 284, Elaphrodites as genus; in Dolichoderinae)