Messelepone leptogenoides Dlussky and Wedmann 2012 (ant)

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 Messelepone according to G. M. Dlussky and S. Wedmann 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FIS MeI 4808, 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)

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