Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Exocryptocerus jansei
Full reference: G. Vierbergen and J. Scheven. 1995. Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Creation Research Society Quarterly 32(3):158-170
Belongs to Cephalotes according to F. Fernández and S. Sendoya 2004
See also de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 and Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Sister taxa: Cephalotes alveolatus, Cephalotes bloosi, Cephalotes brevispineus, Cephalotes caribicus, Cephalotes dieteri, Cephalotes hispaniolicus, Cephalotes integerrimus, Cephalotes maya, Cephalotes obscurus, Cephalotes olmecus, Cephalotes poinari, Cephalotes resinae, Cephalotes serratus, Cephalotes squamosus, Cephalotes sucinus, Cephalotes taino, Cephalotes ventriosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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