†Species: Pseudolasius boreus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Distribution:

Baltic, Rovno, and Saxonian amber; middle Eocene to Late Oligocene (23-42 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype presumably lost, numerous workers (syntypes and other material) saved in Geowissenschaftlicher Zentrum Georg-August Universitat Gottingen, Germany. Other workers also available in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; in Museum fur Naturkunde-Berlin, Germany; and in Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine. 

References:

• Wheeler W. M. 1915. The ants of the Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 55: 1-142.
• LaPolla J. S., Dlussky G. M. 2010. Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(2): 258-273.

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