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Boltonidris
| †Boltonidris Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | †Boltonidris Radchenko & Dlussky, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Boltonidris mirabilis | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist)
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Identification
Checklist of Boltonidris species
Distribution
This taxon is known from Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †BOLTONIDRIS [Myrmicinae]
- †Boltonidris Radchenko & Dlussky, 2012: 628. Type-species: †Boltonidris mirabilis, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Radchenko, A. & Dlussky, G.M. 2012. Boltonidris gen. nov., the first extinct Stenammini ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber. Annales Zoologici 62(4):627-631.