Camponotus microthoracus Zhang 1989 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Belongs to Camponotus according to B. Bolton 2012

See also Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Camponotus ambon, Camponotus ampullosus, Camponotus cockerelli, Camponotus compactus, Camponotus crozei, Camponotus curviansatus, Camponotus festinatus, Camponotus festinus, Camponotus fuscipennis, Camponotus gracilis, Camponotus heracleus, Camponotus herculeanus, Camponotus induratus, Camponotus lignitus, Camponotus longiventris, Camponotus longus, Camponotus luteus, Camponotus mengei, Camponotus microcephalus, Camponotus mitis, Camponotus novotnyi, Camponotus obesus, Camponotus oeningensis, Camponotus parvus, Camponotus penninervis, Camponotus petrifactus, Camponotus pictus, Camponotus pinguiculus, Camponotus plenus, Camponotus shanwangensis, Camponotus theobaldi, Camponotus tokunagai, Camponotus vehemens, Camponotus vetus

Type specimen: 79128, 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:

• Miocene of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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