Aphaenogaster mersa Wheeler 1915 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

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

Belongs to Aphaenogaster according to A. Radchenko 2025

See also 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 oligocenica, Aphaenogaster praerelicta, Aphaenogaster ribbeckei, Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti

Type specimen: Konigsberg B 18509, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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