Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Aeromyrma sophiae, Oligomyrmex sophiae
Full reference: C. Emery. 1891. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5:141-165
Belongs to Carebara according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Emery 1891 and Spahr 1987
Sister taxa: Carebara antiqua, Carebara bohemica, Carebara groehni, Carebara kutscheri, Carebara nitida, Carebara rugiceps, Carebara schossnicensis, Carebara thorali, Carebara ucrainica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Bologna coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sicilian amber (Bologna coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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