†Melissotarsus ethiopiensis Coty et al. 2016 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: D. Coty, M. Lebon, and A. Nel. 2016. When phylogeny meets geology and chemistry: doubts on the dating of Ethiopian amber. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 52:161-166
Belongs to Melissotarsus according to D. Coty et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN ETH 001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (MNHN collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ethiopian amber (MNHN collection)
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