Fallomyrma transversa Dlussky and Radchenko 2006 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. Radchenko. 2006. Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the late Eocene European amber. Annales Zoologici 56:153-157

Belongs to Fallomyrma according to B. Bolton 2012

See also Dlussky and Radchenko 2006

Sister taxa: Fallomyrma anodonta, Fallomyrma marginata, Fallomyrma robusta

Type specimen: IZANU 902, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), Ukraine (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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