''Myopopone sinensis'' is an extinct species of

ant 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 22 ...

in the genus ''

Myopopone ''Myopopone'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The genus contains two species, one extant and one fossil. The type species ''Myopopone castanea'' is known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and China. The fossil sp ...

''. Fossils were discovered in 1989 in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, and was later described by Zhang in that year.Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 260, fig. 266 queen described)

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† Insects of China Fossil taxa described in 1989 Fossil ant taxa {{ant-stub