Taphopone stauropolitanus Dlussky 1981

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Ponerites stauropolitanus

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky. 1981. Miocenovye muravwi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CCCP. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 183:64-83

Belongs to Taphopone according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014

See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky 1981

Sister taxa: Taphopone aberrans, Taphopone karaganensis, Taphopone macroptera, Taphopone microptera, Taphopone petrosa

Type specimen: PIN 224/24, a wing. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 224), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 224)

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