Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum

†Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum Temporal range: Priabonian, 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:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Thanacomyrmex
Species:	†T. hoffeinsorum
Binomial name
†Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum Cheny, Wang & Perrichot, 2019

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

• †hoffeinsorum. †Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum Cheny, Wang & Perrichot, 2019: 592, figs. 3-4 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).

References

• Cheny, C., Wang, B., Perrichot, V. 2019. A new genus of myrmicine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Comptes Rendus Palevol 18: 589–597 (doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.05.005).