Protrechina

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: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

holotype in amber