Eocenomyrma orthospina Dlussky and Radchenko 2006 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. Radchenko. 2006. A new ant genus from the late Eocene European amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51:561-567

Belongs to Eocenomyrma according to A. G. Radchenko and G. M. Dlussky 2016

See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky and Radchenko 2006

Sister taxa: Eocenomyrma breviscapa, Eocenomyrma electrina, Eocenomyrma elegantula, Eocenomyrma groehni, Eocenomyrma rugosostriata, Eocenomyrma ukrainica

Type specimen: MZ 13434, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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