Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Synonyms: Aeromyrma Forel 1891, Erebomyrma Wheeler 1903, Oligomyrmex Mayr 1867, Pheidologeton Mayr 1862
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1840. Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:81-89
Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015
See also Assmann 1870, Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Carpenter 1992, Fischer et al. 2014 and Wheeler 1915
Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Leptothorax, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Meranoplus, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Oxyidris, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Proleptothorax, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia
Subtaxa: Carebara antiqua Carebara bohemica Carebara groehni Carebara kutscheri Carebara nitida Carebara rugiceps Carebara schossnicensis Carebara sophiae Carebara thorali Carebara ucrainica
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
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