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Propalosoma; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Propalosoma gutierrezae holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	†Propalosoma
Species:	†P. gutierrezae
Binomial name
	†Propalosoma gutierrezae; Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999

Propalosoma is an extinct genus of ants in the family Formicidae, containing a single species Propalosoma gutierrezae, known from the Eocene aged Klondike Mountain Formation in Washington State.^[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

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

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[Archibaldetal2018-1] 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.

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