Scientific illustration of Monomorium kugleri ant - showing key identification features including head, thorax, and gaster.

Fossil Monomorium kugleri

Non-Parasitic Queen No Gamergate
Sci. Name
Monomorium kugleri
Tribe
Solenopsidini
Subfamily
Myrmicinae
Author
Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2010
Fossil
Yes (fossil species)
Distribution
Found in 0 countries

Introduction

Monomorium kugleri is an extinct ant species known from a single worker preserved in late Eocene Rovno Amber from Ukraine, dated to approximately 44 million years ago. The worker measures about 2.4 mm in total length and has a distinctive 12-segmented antenna with a 3-segmented club. The body is ochreous-red in color, and the species was described in 2009,named in honor of Professor Jehoshua Kugler. This fossil represents part of an ancient ant assemblage that included at least three Monomorium species in the Rovno Amber deposits .

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Status by country, from Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Native Invasive Introduced (indoor) Intercepted Unknown
2000 - 2026
Fossil

No caresheet needed

Monomorium kugleri is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.