†Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla 2005 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. S. LaPolla. 2005. Ancient trophophoresy: a fossil Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131:21-28
Belongs to Acropyga according to B. Bolton 2012
See also LaPolla 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-16-603, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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