Temnothorax praecreolus de Andrade 1992 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Leptothorax (Macromischa) praecreolus

Full reference: M. L. de Andrade. 1992. First fossil "true Macromischa" in amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 65:341-351

Belongs to Temnothorax according to B. Bolton 2012

See also de Andrade 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMB PE 107, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (NHMB coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (NHMB coll)

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