Ctenobethylus goepperti

Ctenobethylus goepperti
Temporal range: Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: †Ctenobethylus
Species:
†C. goepperti
Binomial name
†Ctenobethylus goepperti
(Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Bothriomyrmex goepperti (Mayr, 1868)
  • Ctenobethylus bogdassarovi (Nazaraw, 1994)
  • Ctenobethylus exsectus (Dubovikoff & Dlussky, 2019)
  • Ctenobethylus succinalis Brues, 1939
  • Eldermyrmex exsectus Dubovikoff & Dlussky, 2019
  • Hypoclinea goepperti Mayr, 1868
  • Iridomyrmex bogdassarovi Nazaraw, 1994
  • Iridomyrmex goepperti (Mayr, 1868)
  • Liometopum bogdassarovi (Nazaraw, 1994)
  • Liometopum goepperti (Mayr, 1868)

Ctenobethylus goepperti is a species of extinct dolichoderine ant found in numerous Eocene amber deposits in northern Europe. It is thought to be closely related to Liometopum, and hypothesized to have a relatively similar ecology with wood-nesting habits, arboreal ecological dominance, association with aphids, and large colonies. They are one of the most commonly encountered ant species in Baltic and Rovno amber, and were prevalent during the Eocene epoch around 40 million years ago.

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