Protopone magna
†Protopone magna Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Genus: | Protopone |
Species: | †P. magna |
Binomial name | |
†Protopone magna Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †magna. †Protopone magna Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 738, fig. 14 (q.) GERMANY (Eocene).
Description
References
Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.