page_title: 2012 in arthropod paleontology
section_title: Hymenoptera
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in arthropod paleontology / Insects / Hymenoptera
caption_attribution_description: English: Pachycondyla? messeliana holotype queen in lateral view. Specimen number SMFMEI4744
context_page_description: This list of fossil arthropods described in 2012 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
caption: Pachycondyla? messeliana
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