Lelejus venustus

†Lelejus venustus 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
Species:	†L. venustus
Binomial name
†Lelejus venustus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021

Distribution

This taxon was described 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.

• †venustus †Lelejus venustus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021: 274, figs. 1-4 (m.) UKRAINE (Rovno Amber).

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).