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

Fossil Aphaenogaster wennebergi

Non-Parasitic Queen Nem Gamergate
Tud. név
Aphaenogaster wennebergi
Nemzetség
Stenammini
Alcsalád
Myrmicinae
Szerző
Zharkov & Dubovikoff, 2025
Kövület
Igen (fosszilis faj)
Elterjedés
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Bevezetés

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 .

Elterjedési térkép betöltése...

Státusz országonként, innen: Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Őshonos Invazív Behurcolt (beltéri) Feltartóztatott Ismeretlen
2000 - 2026
Fossil

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Aphaenogaster wennebergi is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.