Oecophylla sicula Emery 1891 (weaver 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 Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021

See also Emery 1891 and Spahr 1987

Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba, Oecophylla taurica

Type specimen: 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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