Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: B. Riou. 1999. Descriptions de quelques insectes fossiles du Miocène supérieur de la Montagne d'Andance (Ardèche, France). Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 11/12:123-133

Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021

See also Riou 1999

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

Type specimen: MPVR Riou 197, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)

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