Lampromyrmex gracillimus

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Lampromyrmex gracillimus
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: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Lampromyrmex gracillimus
Mayr, 1868

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Monomorium mayrianum.

Nomenclature

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

  • gracillimus. †Lampromyrmex gracillimus Mayr, 1868c: 95, pl. 5, figs. 97, 98 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Junior secondary homonym of gracillima Smith, above.] Replacement name: †mayrianum Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 45. [Combination in error, with Lophomyrmex gracillimus for †Lampromyrmex gracillimus: Dlussky, 1997: 57.]

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