Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky, T. Wappler, and S. Wedmann. 2008. New midle Eocene formicid species from Germany and the evolution of weaver ants. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4):615-626
Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021
See also Bolton 2012, Dlussky et al. 2008 and Perfilieva et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba, Oecophylla taurica, Oecophylla xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: Mel3643, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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