Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius

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Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius
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: Gesomyrmecini (incertae sedis)
Genus: Prodimorphomyrmex
Species: P. primigenius
Binomial name
Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Identification

Distribution

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • primigenius. †Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 112, fig. 54 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).

Description

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