Ctenobethylus

Ctenobethylus is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single described species Ctenobethylus goepperti, where the fossil is known to be from the Baltic Amber.^[1] The fossil contained a preserved mesostigmatid mite attached to the head of the ant, which is perhaps the oldest known evidence of ecological association between mites and ants.^[2]

Ctenobethylus Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Tapinomini
Genus:	†Ctenobethylus Brues, 1939
Species:	†C. goepperti
Binomial name
†Ctenobethylus goepperti (Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
Ctenobethylus succinalis Brues, 1939