Lelejus

†Lelejus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Rovno amber, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	†Lelejus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021
Type species
Lelejus venustus
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Distribution

This taxon is known from Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †LELEJUS [Myrmicinae: unplaced to tribe]
  • †Lelejus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021: 274. Type-species: †Lelejus venustus, by original designation.

References

• Radchenko, A.G., Proshchalykin, M.Y. 2021. New extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from late Eocene Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, 271–282 (doi:10.3897/jhr.84.65238).