Camponotites steinbachi
- Sci. Name
- Camponotites steinbachi
- Subfamily
- Formicinae
- Author
- Dlussky <i>et al.</i>, 2011
- Fossil
- Yes (fossil species)
- Distribution
- Found in 0 countries
Introduction
Camponotites steinbachi is an extinct ant species known from a single fossil specimen discovered in Late Pliocene deposits at Willershausen in Lower Saxony, northern Germany . The species was described in 2011 by Dlussky, Karl, and Brauckmann based on a winged queen (gyne) preserved in clay sediment . The genus Camponotites is related to modern carpenter ants (Camponotus), representing an extinct lineage that lived during the Late Pliocene epoch .
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