†Procerapachys sulcatus Dlussky 2009 (army 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 Procerapachys according to M. L. Borowiec 2016
See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky 2009
Sister taxa: Procerapachys annosus, Procerapachys favosus
Type specimen: MZ PAN 23537, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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