Aphaenogaster wennebergi

Introduction

Aphaenogaster wennebergi is an extinct ant species known only from a single male specimen preserved in Late Eocene Danish amber, approximately 38-33 million years old . The holotype was collected near Hvide Sande, Denmark, making this the first known male of the genus Aphaenogaster from Late Eocene ambers . This species cannot be kept in captivity because it is extinct and exists only as a fossil. The preserved male shows a flat, elongate head, large prominent compound eyes, short antennae that do not reach the back of the head, and a slender trunk with reduced propodeal spines forming blunt lobes .