†Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr 1868 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Paratrechina pygmaea, Prenolepis pygmaea
Full reference: G. L. Mayr. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102
Belongs to Nylanderia according to J. S. LaPolla and G. M. Dlussky 2010
See also Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2009, Mayr 1868, Spahr 1987 and Wheeler 1915
Sister taxon: Nylanderia vetula
Type specimen: B 5080, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (2)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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