Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Formicium simillimum, Titanomyrma simillimum
Full reference: H. Lutz. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Ölschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 67:177-218
Belongs to Titanomyrma according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Archibald et al. 2011, Lutz 1986 and Lutz 1990
Sister taxa: Titanomyrma gigantea, Titanomyrma lubei
Type specimen: SMF MeI 1006, an exoskeleton (body). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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