Oecophylla megarche Cockerell 1915 (weaver ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021

See also Bolton 2012, Cockerell 1915, Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014, Donisthorpe 1920 and Perfilieva et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba, Oecophylla taurica

Type specimen: USNM 61423, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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