Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: E. O. Wilson and R. W. Taylor. 1964. A fossil ant colony: new evidence of social antiquity. Psyche 71:93-103

Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021

See also Bolton 2012, Perfilieva et al. 2017 and Wilson and Taylor 1964

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mfwangano Island ant colony, which is in a Burdigalian dry floodplain horizon in Kenya

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mfwangano Island ant colony

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.