Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and D. A. Dubovikoff. 2013. Yantaromyrmex gen. n. – a new ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9:305-314
Belongs to Yantaromyrmex according to G. M. Dlussky and D. A. Dubovikoff 2013
Sister taxa: Yantaromyrmex constrictus, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex intermedius, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus
Type specimen: GPI 447, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Scheele collection, University of Hamburg, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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