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View full screenFossil flying ant (Formicidae) carrying a scale insect (Coccoidea), and a beetle (Coleoptera) and scuttle fly (Phoridae) in a piece of Dominican amber, of Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian) age, from the Dominican Republic
G.2013.5.2
species: Formicidae indet. - Ant
superfamily: Coccoidea - Scale insect
species: Coleoptera indet. - Beetle
species: Phoridae indet.
Specimen form: Fossil
Dominican Republic, Caribbean
Amazing Amber (10 May 2013 - 08 Sep 2013)
National Museum of Scotland