Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: M. L. de Andrade. 1998. First fossil records of the ant genus Discothyrea in Dominican and Mexican amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 30:201-214

Belongs to Discothyrea according to B. Bolton 2012

See also de Andrade 1998

Sister taxon: Discothyrea maya

Type specimen: Poinar H-10-178-A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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