Ctenobethylus

†Ctenobethylus; Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Ctenobethylus; Brues, 1939
Species:	†C. goepperti
Binomial name
	†Ctenobethylus goepperti; (Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
	Ctenobethylus succinalis Brues, 1939;

Ctenobethylus is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single described species Ctenobethylus goepperti, where the fossil is known to be from the Baltic Amber.[1] The fossil contained a preserved mesostigmatid mite attached to the head of the ant, which is perhaps the oldest known evidence of ecological association between mites and ants.[2]

References

Bolton, Barry (June 1994). Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World (1st ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0674442806.
Dunlop, J. A.; Kontschan, J.; Walter, D. E.; Perrichot, V. (10 September 2014). "An ant-associated mesostigmatid mite in Baltic amber". Biology Letters. 10 (9): 20140531–20140531. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0531. PMC 4190962. PMID 25209198.

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[1] Bolton, Barry (June 1994). Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World (1st ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0674442806.

[2] Dunlop, J. A.; Kontschan, J.; Walter, D. E.; Perrichot, V. (10 September 2014). "An ant-associated mesostigmatid mite in Baltic amber". Biology Letters. 10 (9): 20140531–20140531. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0531. PMC 4190962. PMID 25209198.