Paraphaenogaster loosi

†Paraphaenogaster loosi Temporal range: Oligocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Enspel Formation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Paraphaenogaster
Species:	†P. loosi
Binomial name
†Paraphaenogaster loosi Jessen, 2020

Distribution

This taxon was described from Enspel Formation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Oligocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †loosi. †Paraphaenogaster loosi Jessen, 2020: 6, figs. 3a, b (q.) GERMANY.

References

• Jessen, K. 2020. New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Upper Oligocene of Enspel (Westerwald Mountains, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (doi:10.1007/s12549-019-00406-2).