†Neoponera vejestoria Fiorentino et al. 2023 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. Fiorentino, J. Lattke, A. Troya, C. Sosiak, M. Dong and P. Barden. 2023. Deep time extinction of largest insular ant predators and the first fossil Neoponera (Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Miocene age Dominican amber. BMC Biology 21(26)
Belongs to Neoponera according to G. Fiorentino et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHNSD FOS 18.01, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (MNHNSD coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (MNHNSD coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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