Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: W. P. MacKay. 1991. Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140
Belongs to Anochetus according to C. A. Schmidt and S. O. Shattuck 2014
See also de Andrade 1994, Fernández and Sendoya 2004 and MacKay 1991
Sister taxa: Anochetus africanus, Anochetus ambiguus, Anochetus conisquamis, Anochetus corayi, Anochetus dubius, Anochetus exstinctus, Anochetus intermedius, Anochetus lucidus, Anochetus madagascarensis, Anochetus miosumatrensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca (MCZ coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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