Messelepone

†Messelepone Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Messel, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	†Messelepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
Type species
Cephalopone potens
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Identification

Checklist of Messelepone species

Distribution

This taxon is known from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †Messelepone [Ponerinae]
  • †Messelepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 745. Type-species: †Messelepone leptogenoides, by monotypy.

References

• Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
• Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.