Ponerites tauricus Dlussky 1981

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Dolichoderus tauricus

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

Belongs to Ponerites according to K. S. Perfilieva et al. 2017

See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky 1981

Sister taxa: 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 tenuis, Ponerites umbrus

Type specimen: PIN 287/343, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 287), which is in a Langhian marine shale in the Argun Formation of Ukraine.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ukraine (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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