Protrechina
Genus of ant
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Protrechina is an extinct, monotypic genus of ant, first described by Wilson (1985) from a Middle Eocene fossil found near Malvern, Arkansas. The genus contains a single described species Protrechina carpenteri known from a solitary worker entombed in Claiborne Formation amber.[1][2]
| Protrechina Temporal range: | |
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| Protrechina carpenteri holotype worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | †Protrechina Wilson, 1985 |
| Species: | †P. carpenteri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protrechina carpenteri Wilson, 1985 | |
