†Cataulacus planiceps Emery 1891 (ant)
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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 plebeius, Cataulacus resinosus, Cataulacus silvestrii, Cataulacus taprobanae
Type specimen: MMUB 16618, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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