Prenolepis henschei
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†Prenolepis henschei Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Lasiini |
Genus: | Prenolepis |
Species: | †P. henschei |
Binomial name | |
†Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868 |
This is the only known fossil species of Prenolepis.
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).
Biology
This species is a host for the nematode Heydenius formicinus (a parasite) in Baltic amber (Poinar, 2002) (Baltic amber fossil).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †henschei. †Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868c: 34, pl. 1, figs. 14-17 (w.m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 118 (q.). See also: LaPolla & Dlussky, 2010: 265.
Description
References
- LaPolla, J.S. & Dlussky, G.M. 2010. Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112: 258-273.
- Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 34, pl. 1, figs. 14-17 worker, male described)
- Perkovsky, E.E. 2016. Tropical and Holoarctic ants in late Eocene ambers. Vestnik zoologii, 50(2): 111–122 (DOI 10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014).
- Poinar, G. 2002. First fossil record of nematode parasitism of ants; a 40 million year tale. Parasitology 125, 457–459.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 118, queen described)
Categories:
- Baltic amber fossil
- Eocene
- Photo Gallery
- Bitterfeld amber fossil
- Danish-Scandinavian amber fossil
- Rovno amber fossil
- Nematode Associate
- Host of Heydenius formicinus
- Species
- Extinct species
- Fossil
- Formicidae
- Formicinae
- Lasiini
- Prenolepis
- Prenolepis henschei
- Formicinae fossils
- Lasiini fossils
- Prenolepis fossils
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