Formicodiplogaster

Formicodiplogaster; Temporal range:
	Dauer juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Diplogastridae
Genus:	†Formicodiplogaster; Poinar, 2011
Species:	†F. myrmenema
Binomial name
	†Formicodiplogaster myrmenema; Poinar, 2011

Formicodiplogaster is an extinct form genus of nematodes in the family Diplogasteridae which currently includes a single described species Formicodiplogaster myrmenema. The species is known from early Miocene^[1] fossils found on Hispaniola. F. myrmenema has been preserved in association with Azteca alpha, one of only two known fossil species in the ant genus Azteca.^[2]^[3]

^ Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 51–62.
^ Poinar, G.O. (2011). "The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies". Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Pages. 9: 91–93, 239–240, 324–325.
^ Poinar, G.O. (2012). "Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2012/192017.

[Poinar2011a-1] Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 51–62.

[Poinar2011b-2] Poinar, G.O. (2011). "The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies". Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Pages. 9: 91–93, 239–240, 324–325.

[Poinar2012-3] Poinar, G.O. (2012). "Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2012/192017.

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