Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and S. Wedmann. 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:725-753
Belongs to Protopone according to G. M. Dlussky and S. Wedmann 2012
Sister taxa: Protopone germanica, Protopone magna, Protopone oculata, Protopone primigena, Protopone sepulta, Protopone vetula
Type specimen: FIS MeI 10142, an exoskeleton (winged gyne). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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