Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Dolichoderus britannicus
Synonyms: Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell 1915, Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe 1920
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499
Belongs to Emplastus according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014
See also Bolton 2012, Cockerell 1915 and Donisthorpe 1920
Sister taxa: Emplastus amguensis, Emplastus antiquus, Emplastus biamoensis, Emplastus dubius, Emplastus elongatus, Emplastus gurnetensis, Emplastus haueri, Emplastus hypolithus, Emplastus kozlovi, Emplastus macrops, Emplastus miocenicus, Emplastus obliquus, Emplastus ocellus, Emplastus similis
Type specimens:
- Emplastus britannicus: USNM 61413, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Dolichoderus ovigerus: USNM 61416, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Emplastus emeryi: Hooley H.129, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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