Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russian Entomological Journal 11:411-436
Parent taxon: Ponerini according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014 and Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
Sister taxa: Anochetus, Archiponera, Austroponera, Brachyponera, Desyopone, Euponera, Hypoponera, Leptogenys, Mesoponera, Neoponera, Odontomachus, Odontoponera, Pachycondyla, Ponera
Subtaxa: Ponerites antropovi Ponerites atavinus Ponerites coloradensis Ponerites crawleyi Ponerites elongatus Ponerites eocenicus Ponerites gracilior Ponerites hooleyi Ponerites hypoponeroides Ponerites kishenehne Ponerites nitidus Ponerites oblongiceps Ponerites tauricus Ponerites tenuis Ponerites umbrus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (3 collections), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Colorado, Montana)
Total: 12 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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