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This extinct ant species from the Messel Pit is the largest species know to science and also ranks among the largest of any hymenopterans. The queens had a wing span of up to 16 centimeters. Only winged animals are known; to date, no workers have been found.
Details
- Title: Ant queen
- Location: Messel pit, Hesse, Germany
- Type: original
- Rights: Sven Tränkner Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
- size: 16 cm
- scientific name: Titanomyrma gigantea
- geological Age: Middle Eocene
- age: 48 mil. years
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