Oxyidris Wilson 1985 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 1. Two New Myrmicine Genera and an Aberrant Pheidole. Psyche 92(1):1-9

Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015

See also Bolton 2003 and Bolton 2012

Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Carebara, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Leptothorax, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Meranoplus, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Proleptothorax, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia

Subtaxa: Oxyidris antillana

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, Palo Quemado (MCZ coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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