 Macabeemyrma is an extinct genus of bulldog ants in the subfamily Myrmeciinae containing the single species Macabeemyrma ovata , described in 2006 from Ypresian stage ( Early Eocene ) deposits of British Columbia , Canada . Only a single specimen is known ; a holotype queen found preserved as a compression fossil . The specimen had no wings and small portions of its legs were missing. nobody knows what the species ate , but it is possible that it was a parasite .
The genus is monotypic , containing the single species Macabeemyrma ovata . The specimen is a compression fossil , preserving a holotype queen. The specimen had