Biology:Protrechina

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Short description: Genus of ant

Protrechina
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Protrechina carpenteri Wilson 1985.png
Protrechina carpenteri holotype worker
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Protrechina
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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q16591710 entry