Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: M. L. de Andrade. 1995. The Ant Genus Aphaenogoster in Dominican and Mexican Amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IX: Pheidolini). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B 223:1-11
Belongs to Aphaenogaster according to B. Bolton 2012
See also de Andrade 1995
Sister taxa: Aphaenogaster antiqua, Aphaenogaster archaica, Aphaenogaster dlusskyana, Aphaenogaster donisthorpei, Aphaenogaster enspelensis, Aphaenogaster mayri, Aphaenogaster mersa, Aphaenogaster oligocenica, Aphaenogaster praerelicta, Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti
Type specimen: SMNS Do-4629-B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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