Species: †Protopone dubia Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Genus: Protopone
Species: dubia

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Protopone dubia Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 PDF: 738, fig. 13 (q.) GERMANY (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Europe, Germany, Hesse, Western Europe

Distribution Notes:

In bituminous claystone of Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany; middle Eocene, Lutetian (ca. 47 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype FIS MeI-10142 (gyne), in Forschungsstation Grube Messel of the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

References:

Dlussky G. M., Wedmann S., 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high diversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10(4): 725-753.

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Type specimens: holotype: smfmei10142

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