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Ponera leptocephala
| †Ponera leptocephala Temporal range: Late/Upper Miocene Sicilian amber, Italy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ponera |
| Species: | †P. leptocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ponera leptocephala Emery, 1891 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †leptocephala. †Ponera leptocephala Emery, 1891a: 146, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 (q.) SICILIAN AMBER (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1891b. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)1:141-165 (page 146, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 queen described)