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Species: †Pseudomyrmex nexilis   Ward, 1992 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Pseudomyrmex nexilis Ward, 1992 PDF: 68, figs. 5, 17 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (MCZ). MCZ-PALE-33624, PALE-33626, PALE-33629. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Dominican amber; Early Miocene (16-19 Ma).

Comments:

One gyne found associated with a mimosoid leaflet in Dominican amber (Poinar & Chambers, 2016: fig. 28). 

References:

Ward P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche, 99(1): 55-85.

Poinar G. O. Jr., Chambers K. L. 2016. Mimosoideae (Fabaceae) diversity and associates in mid-Tertiary Dominican amber. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 10: 121-136.



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