Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: D. M. Zharkov and D. A. Dubovikoff. 2025. Taxonomic names, in First record of the male of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from late Eocene ambers. Far Eastern Entomologist 527:1-10
Belongs to Aphaenogaster according to D. M. Zharkov and D. A. Dubovikoff 2025
Sister taxa: Aphaenogaster amphioceanica, Aphaenogaster antiqua, Aphaenogaster archaica, Aphaenogaster dlusskyana, Aphaenogaster donisthorpei, Aphaenogaster enspelensis, Aphaenogaster groehni, Aphaenogaster khomychi, Aphaenogaster mayri, Aphaenogaster mersa, Aphaenogaster oligocenica, Aphaenogaster praerelicta, Aphaenogaster ribbeckei, Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti
Type specimen: NHMD 873929, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Coast near Hvide Sande, Danish amber, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Coast near Hvide Sande, Danish amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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