Protrechina

Protrechina
Temporal range:
Protrechina carpenteri holotype worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: †
Wilson, 1985
Species:
†P. carpenteri
Binomial name
†Protrechina carpenteri
Wilson, 1985
holotype in amber

Protrechina is an extinct, monotypic genus of ant, first described by Wilson (1985) from a Middle Eocene fossil found near Malvern, Arkansas. The genus contains a single described species Protrechina carpenteri known from a solitary worker entombed in Claiborne Formation amber.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, E.O. (1985). "Ants From the Cretaceous and Eocene Amber of North America". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 92 (2–3): 205–216. doi:10.1155/1985/57604.
  2. ^ "Protrechina". www.antweb.org.

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