Cataulacus silvestrii Emery 1891 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: C. Emery. 1891. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5:141-165

Belongs to Cataulacus according to U. Spahr 1987

See also Bolton 1974 and Emery 1891

Sister taxa: Cataulacus planiceps, Cataulacus plebeius, Cataulacus resinosus, Cataulacus taprobanae

Type specimen: MMUB 16629, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Bologna coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sicilian amber (Bologna coll)

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