Oecophylla xiejiaheensis Hong 1984

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

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