''Eotapinoma'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

genus of

ants Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

of the subfamily

Dolichoderinae Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...

. It was described by Dlussky in 1988.

Species

There are three fossil species described to the genus. *''Eotapinoma compacta'' Dlussky, 1988 *''Eotapinoma gracilis'' Dlussky, 1988 *''Eotapinoma macalpini'' Dlussky, 1999

References

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Hymenoptera of North America Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1988 Fossil ant genera Canadian amber {{Dolichoderinae-stub