Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Liometopum according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum eremicum, Liometopum greenwalti, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum palaeopterum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis ventrosa, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis crassinervis
Type specimen: 79036, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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