†Afropone Dlussky et al. 2004 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky, D. J. Brothers, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35:1-13
Parent taxon: Ponerinae according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cephalopone, Cyrtopone, Eogorgites, Eoponerites, Furcisutura, Longicapitia, Messelepone, Platythyreini, Ponerini, Poneropsis pallida, Protopone, Taphopone
Subtaxa: Afropone oculata Afropone orapa
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute) (Cretaceous of Botswana)
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