†Paraneuretus tornquisti Wheeler 1915 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: W. M. Wheeler. 1915. The Ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55:1-142
Belongs to Paraneuretus according to A. Radchenko and M. Khomych 2022
See also Spahr 1987 and Wheeler 1915
Sister taxa: Paraneuretus dubovikoffi, Paraneuretus longicornis
Type specimen: Konigsberg B 797, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4 collections), Ukraine (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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