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 imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum palaeopterum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis ventrosa, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis escheri
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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