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Plagiolepis minutissima
| †Plagiolepis minutissima 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: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Plagiolepis |
| Species: | †P. minutissima |
| Binomial name | |
| †Plagiolepis minutissima Dlussky, 2002 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described 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.
- †minutissima. Plagiolepis minutissima Dlussky, in Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002: 12, fig. 3 (m.) UKRAINE (Rovno Amber). See also: Dlussky, 2010: 70.
Description
References
- Dlussky, G.M. 2010. Ants of the genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 44, 546–555.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Perkovsky, E.E. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Rovno amber. Vestnik Zoologii 36(5): 3-20, 99 (page 12, described)