Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: A. Radchenko, G. M. Dlussky, and K. Perfilieva. 2018. A new extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber – a putative ancestor of the Leptothorax genus group. Myrmecological News 27:111-117

Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to A. Radchenko et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Carebara, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Leptothorax, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Meranoplus, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Oxyidris, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia

Subtaxa: Proleptothorax primitivus

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Type: Proleptothorax primitivus

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Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

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