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 grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba, Oecophylla taurica, Oecophylla xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: NHMM PE2000/8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 2000 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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