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 imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum palaeopterum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis ventrosa, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis globosa
Type specimen: 820170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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