Zatania electra LaPolla et al. 2012 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: J. S. LaPolla, R. J. Kallal, and S. G. Brady. 2012. A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. Systematic Entomology 37:200-214

Belongs to Zatania according to B. Bolton 2012

See also LaPolla et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-159, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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