Dissimulodorylus Sosiak, Borowiec, & Barden, 2022

Sosiak, Christine E., Borowiec, Marek L. & Barden, Phillip, 2022, An Eocene army ant, Biology Letters (20220398) 18 (11), pp. 1-5 : 2

Genus Dissimulodorylus Sosiak, Borowiec, & Barden gen. nov.

Diagnosis: Worker. Dissimulodorylus can be distinguished from most doryline genera by the combination of lack of eyes, complete pronotomesopleural suture, propodeal spiracle positioned high on the propodeum and single waist segment. These characteristics make it most like Dorylus , which can be differentiated by the presence of an impressed pygidial field and lack of fused, dorsoventrally flat, overhanging and triangularly shaped frontal lobes characteristic for this fossil.

Type species: Dissimulodorylus perseus sp. nov.

Etymology: From Latin ‘dissimulo’ meaning to conceal, hide or disregard, in reference to the type specimen eluding description for likely 80 years.