Protaneuretus succineus
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| †Protaneuretus succineus 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: | Aneuretinae |
| Genus: | Protaneuretus |
| Species: | †P. succineus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protaneuretus succineus Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
Identification
Dubovikoff et al. 2020:
Protaneuretus succineus - Size greater than 5 mm. Pubescence abundant (including on limbs). Main surface of propodeum noticeably longer than the sloping surface. Propodeum spines acute and directed upward.
Protaneuretus mirabilis - Size smaller. Pubescence sparse, absent on scape and limbs. Main surface of propodeum the same size as sloping surface. Propodeum spines obtuse, node-shaped, directed backwards.
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †succineus. †Protaneuretus succineus Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 72, fig. 31 (w.q.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
Description
References
- Dubovikoff, D.A., Dlussky, G.M., Perkovsky, E.E., Abakumov, E.V. 2020. A new species of the genus Protaneuretus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bitterfeld amber (Late Eocene), with a key to the species of the genus. Paleontological Journal 54:389-391 (doi:10.1134/S003103012004005X).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 72, fig. 31 worker, queen described)
