Leptomyrmex neotropicus
Leptomyrmex neotropicus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Leptomyrmex. Described by Baroni Urbani in 1980, a total of 10 workers of this species were found in a single block of Dominican amber.[1]
| Leptomyrmex neotropicus Temporal range: Dominican amber | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Leptomyrmex |
| Species: | †L. neotropicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Leptomyrmex neotropicus Baroni Urbani, 1980 | |
References
- Lucky, Andrea; Ward, Philip S. (2010), "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2688.1.1
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