Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Camponotites xiejiaheensis, Rabidia xiejiaheensis
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15
Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva et al. 2017
See also Bolton 2012, Dlussky et al. 2008, Hong 1984 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba, Oecophylla taurica
Type specimen: 79069, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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