†Messelepone Dlussky and Wedmann 2012 (ant)
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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
Parent taxon: Ponerinae according to G. M. Dlussky and S. Wedmann 2012
Sister taxa: Afropone, Cephalopone, Cyrtopone, Eogorgites, Eoponerites, Furcisutura, Longicapitia, Platythyreini, Ponerini, Poneropsis pallida, Protopone, Taphopone
Subtaxa: Messelepone leptogenoides
Type: Messelepone leptogenoides
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection) (Eocene of Germany)
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