†Bradoponera similis Dlussky 2009 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky. 2009. The ant subfamilies Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae, and Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal 43:1043-1086
Belongs to Bradoponera according to G. M. Dlussky 2009
Sister taxa: Bradoponera electrina, Bradoponera meieri, Bradoponera wunderlichi
Type specimen: MfN 11/388, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection)
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