Protazteca

{{Short description|Genus of ants}}

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|fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|Oligocene|Oligocene|Oligocene}}

|image = Protazteca elongata specimen Bmnhp27347 ventral.jpg

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|taxon = Protazteca

|authority = Carpenter, 1930

|type_species = Protazteca elongata

|diversity_link = #Species

|diversity = 5 fossil species

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Protazteca is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, that were endemic to the United States, which was described by Carpenter in 1930.Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] [http://antcat.org/documents/619/6082.pdf PDF] 123533