Lelejus venustus

†Lelejus venustus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Rovno amber, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Lelejus
Species:	†L. venustus
Binomial name
†Lelejus venustus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021

Distribution

This taxon was described from Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †venustus †Lelejus venustus Radchenko & Proshchalykin, 2021: 274, figs. 1-4 (m.) UKRAINE (Rovno Amber).

References

• Radchenko, A.G., Proshchalykin, M.Y. 2021. New extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from late Eocene Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, 271–282 (doi:10.3897/jhr.84.65238).