Plagiolepis kuenowi

†Plagiolepis kuenowi Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Plagiolepis
Species:	†P. kuenowi
Binomial name
†Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr, 1868
Synonyms
Plagiolepis balticus Dlussky, 1997 Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr, 1868

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †kuenowi. †Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr, 1868c: 39, pl. 1, figs. 22, 23 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Dlussky, 2010: 70 (q.). Senior synonym of balticus: Dlussky, 2010: 69.
• †pygmaeus. †Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr, 1868c: 42, pl. 2, figs. 25, 26 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Junior secondary homonym of pygmaea Latreille, 1798, above.] Replacement name: balticus Dlussky, 1997: 59. Junior synonym of kuenowi: Dlussky, 2010: 69.
• †balticus. †Plagiolepis balticus Dlussky, 1997: 59. Replacement name for †pygmaeus Mayr, 1868c: 42. [Junior secondary homonym of pygmaea Latreille, 1798: 45.] Junior synonym of kuenowi: Dlussky, 2010: 69.

Neotype designated by Dlussky, 2010: 550.

References

• Dlussky, G.M. 2010. Ants of the genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 44, 546–555.
• Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 39, pl. 1, figs. 22, 23 worker described)
• Perkovsky, E.E. 2016. Tropical and Holoarctic ants in late Eocene ambers. Vestnik zoologii 50(2): 111–122 (doi:10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014).