Protopone sepulta

P. sepulta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Genus: †Protopone
Species: P. sepulta

Name

†Protopone sepulta Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012

Type locality

• Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany. Messel Formation, Middle Eocene, c. 47 Ma (Mertz & Renne 2005)

Type material

• Holotype: FIS MeI MeI 5329, imprint of winged gyne.

References

• Dlussky G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(4): 725–753. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.628341 Reference page.