†Proleptothorax primitivus Radchenko et al. 2018 (ant)
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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
Belongs to Proleptothorax according to A. Radchenko et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SIZK K-26591, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection)
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