Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Leptothorax gurnetensis
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499
Belongs to Leucotaphus according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014
See also Bolton 2012, Cockerell 1915 and Donisthorpe 1920
Sister taxon: Leucotaphus donisthorpei
Type specimen: USNM 61417, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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