Plagiolepis wheeleri

†Plagiolepis wheeleri Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl 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. wheeleri
Binomial name
†Plagiolepis wheeleri Dlussky, 2010

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

• †wheeleri. †Plagiolepis wheeleri Dlussky, 2010: 67, fig. 1d (w.) BALTIC AMBER.

References

• [[Media:Dlussky 2010.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 2010. Ants of the Genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene Ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 5*Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).

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