page_title: 2009 in arthropod paleontology
section_title: Insects
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in arthropod paleontology / Insects
caption_attribution_description: English: Dorsal view of the Protomyrmica atavia holotype male. Middle Eocene; Baltic amber, Samland Peninsula, Kalingrad, Russia Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. Specimen BMNHP65422
context_page_description: This list of fossil arthropods described in 2009 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods that have been described during the year 2009, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that occurred.
caption: Protomyrmica atavia
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