Electroponera

†Electroponera; Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
	Electroponera dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Genus:	†Electroponera; Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Type species
	Electroponera dubia;
Diversity
	1 fossil species; (Species Checklist)

Identification

This taxon is known from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

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

†ELECTROPONERA [incertae sedis in Ectatomminae: Ectatommini]
- †Electroponera Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 34. Type-species: †Electroponera dubia, by monotypy.

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