Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti Mayr 1868 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. L. Mayr. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102

Belongs to Aphaenogaster according to A. Radchenko 2025

See also Mayr 1868, Spahr 1987 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Aphaenogaster amphioceanica, Aphaenogaster antiqua, Aphaenogaster archaica, Aphaenogaster dlusskyana, Aphaenogaster donisthorpei, Aphaenogaster enspelensis, Aphaenogaster groehni, Aphaenogaster khomychi, Aphaenogaster mayri, Aphaenogaster mersa, Aphaenogaster oligocenica, Aphaenogaster praerelicta, Aphaenogaster ribbeckei

Type specimen: 606/10092, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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