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

Fossil Pheidole praehistorica

Non-Parasitic Queen Tidak Gamergate
Nama Ilmiah
Pheidole praehistorica
Tribe
Attini
Subfamili
Myrmicinae
Penulis
Varela-Hernández & Riquelme, 2024
Fosil
Ya (spesies fosil)
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Pendahuluan

Pheidole praehistorica is an extinct ant species known only from fossil inclusions in Oligo-Miocene amber from the Simojovel site in Chiapas, Mexico . Workers measure approximately 2.3 mm in total length, with distinctive pronotal spines, a deep mesonotal groove, and straight propodeal spines . The body is preserved as a solid cuticle with long erect setae, appearing light yellow in amber . This fossil provides evidence for the ancient distribution of spiny Pheidole ants in the New World .

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Status berdasarkan negara, dari Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Asli Invasif Introduksi (dalam ruangan) Dicegat Tidak diketahui
Sumber Data
Rentang Tahun 2000 - 2026
Fossil

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Pheidole praehistorica is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.