Procerapachys favosus

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Procerapachys favosus
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: Dorylinae
Genus: Procerapachys
Species: P. favosus
Binomial name
Procerapachys favosus
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • favosus. †Procerapachys favosus Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 31, fig. 3 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22; in †Procerapachys: Dlussky, 2009: 1076.

Description

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 27, male described)