Plagiolepis succini

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Plagiolepis succini
Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species: P. succini
Binomial name
Plagiolepis succini
André, 1895

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • succini. †Plagiolepis succini André, 1895b: 81 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Dlussky, 2010: 72.

Description

References

  • André, E. 1895b. Notice sur les fourmis fossiles de l'ambre de la Baltique et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 20: 80-84 (page 81, worker described)