Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Poneropsis tenuis
Full reference: O. Heer. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 22:1-42
Belongs to Ponerites according to G. M. Dlussky and T. S. Putyatina 2014
See also Bolton 2012 and Heer 1867
Sister taxa: Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites atavinus, Ponerites coloradensis, Ponerites crawleyi, Ponerites elongatus, Ponerites eocenicus, Ponerites gracilior, Ponerites hooleyi, Ponerites hypoponeroides, Ponerites kishenehne, Ponerites nitidus, Ponerites oblongiceps, Ponerites tauricus, Ponerites umbrus
Type specimen: UMJG&P 77.589, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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