Leptomyrmex neotropicus

Leptomyrmex neotropicus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Leptomyrmex. Described by Baroni Urbani in 1980, a total of 10 workers of this species were found in a single block of Dominican amber.[1]

†Leptomyrmex neotropicus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
↓
Dominican amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
Genus:
Leptomyrmex
Species:
†L. neotropicus
Binomial name
†Leptomyrmex neotropicus
Baroni Urbani, 1980

References
  1. Lucky, Andrea; Ward, Philip S. (2010), "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67


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