# Protrechina

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***Protrechina*** is an extinct, [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus of [ant](/source/Ant), first described by [Wilson](/source/E._O._Wilson) (1985) from a [Middle Eocene](/source/Middle_Eocene) fossil found near [Malvern, Arkansas](/source/Malvern,_Arkansas). The genus contains a single described species ***Protrechina carpenteri*** known from a solitary worker entombed in [Claiborne Formation](/source/Claiborne_Formation) [amber](/source/Amber).[1][2]

## References

1. Wilson, E.O. (1985). ["Ants From the Cretaceous and Eocene Amber of North America"](https://zenodo.org/record/25315). *Psyche: A Journal of Entomology*. **92** (2–3): 205–216. [doi:10.1155/1985/57604](https://doi.org/10.1155/1985/57604)

1. ["Protrechina"](https://www.antweb.org/description.do?subfamily=formicinae&genus=protrechina&rank=genus). *www.antweb.org*

## Further reading

- [Protrechina - AntWiki](https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Protrechina)

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