Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Camponotus neotropicus
Full reference: C. Baroni Urbani. 1980. The first fossil species of the Australian ant genus Leptomyrmex in amber from the Dominican Republic (Amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. III: Leptomyrmicini). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 62:1-10
Belongs to Leptomyrmex according to I. Sawh et al. 2023
See also Barden et al. 2017, Baroni Urbani 1980, Baroni Urbani and Wilson 1987, Boudinot et al. 2016, Fernández and Sendoya 2004, Spahr 1987 and Wilson 1985
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS Do-996-K-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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