Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Formicidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Subfamily Paraponerinae | |
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Similar Paraponera, Ectatomminae, Ponera, Ponerinae, Petiole | ||
Paraponera dieteri is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Paraponera. The fossils of the species were found in the Dominican amber and were described by Baroni Urbani in 1994. The fossils are now in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart.
Etymology
The species is named after Dieter Schlee who was responsible for the buildup of Dominican amber collection at the Stuttgart Museum.
References
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