.jpg){kind=logo}
Poneropterus sphecoides
| †Poneropterus sphecoides Temporal range: Early/Lower Campanian, Cretaceous Ola Formation, Tenkinskii, Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | Poneropterus |
| Species: | †P. sphecoides |
| Binomial name | |
| †Poneropterus sphecoides Dlussky, 1983 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Ola Formation, Tenkinskii, Russian Federation (Early/Lower Campanian, Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †sphecoides. †Poneropterus sphecoides Dlussky, 1983: 73, fig. 7 (m.) RUSSIA (Cretaceous).
Description
References
- Borysenko, L.H. 2017. Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 570: 1–57.
- Dlussky, G. M. 1983. A new family of Upper Cretaceous Hymenoptera: an "intermediate link" between the ants and the scolioids. Paleontol. Zh. 1983(3 3: 65-78 (page 73, fig. 7 male described)