†Eoformica expectans Theobald 1937 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Gesomyrmex expectans
Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473
Belongs to Eoformica according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky et al. 2009 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Eoformica brevipetiola, Eoformica globularis, Eoformica latimedia, Eoformica magna, Eoformica pinguis
Type specimen: Bale Museum R 820, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kleinkembs
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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