Leptomyrmula

†Leptomyrmula; Temporal range: Late/Upper Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Sicilian amber, Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	†Leptomyrmula; Emery, 1913
Type species
	Leptomyrmula maravignae;
Diversity
	1 fossil species; (Species Checklist)

Identification

This taxon is known from Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).

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

†LEPTOMYRMULA [Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini]
- †Leptomyrmula Emery, 1913a: 16 (footnote). Type-species: †Leptomyrmex maravignae, by monotypy.

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Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 235, Leptomyrmula in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 89, Leptomyrmula in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
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