Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1930. The Fossil Ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 70:1-66
Belongs to Liometopum according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Carpenter 1930
Sister taxa: Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum eremicum, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum palaeopterum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis ventrosa
Type specimen: MCZ 2829, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Colorado collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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