Plagiolepis paradoxa
†Plagiolepis paradoxa Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Plagiolepis |
Species: | †P. paradoxa |
Binomial name | |
†Plagiolepis paradoxa Dlussky, 2010 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bitterfeld 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.
- †paradoxa. †Plagiolepis paradoxa Dlussky, 2010: 68, fig. 1e (m.) BITTERFELD AMBER (Eocene).
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.