Monomorium mayrianum Wheeler 1915 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonym: Lampromyrmex gracillimus Mayr 1868 [replaced name]

Full reference: W. M. Wheeler. 1915. The Ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55:1-142

Belongs to Monomorium according to U. Spahr 1987

See also Bolton 2012, Mayr 1868 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Monomorium kugleri, Monomorium pilipes

Type specimens:

  • Monomorium mayrianum: No. 110/3762, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
  • Lampromyrmex gracillimus:

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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