Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: A. Radchenko. 2023. Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in late Eocene European ambers. Annales Zoologici 73:629-648
Belongs to Myrmica according to A. Radchenko 2023
Sister taxa: Myrmica aemula, Myrmica angusticollis, Myrmica damzeni, Myrmica electrina, Myrmica eocenica, Myrmica incompleta, Myrmica intermedia, Myrmica lobifrons, Myrmica longispinosa, Myrmica macrocephala, Myrmica molassica, Myrmica nebulosa, Myrmica nungesseri, Myrmica obsoleta, Myrmica paradoxa, Myrmica rudis, Myrmica saxonica, Myrmica schaefersi
Type specimen: MAIG 472 WK 79, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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