Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Poneropsis elongata
Full reference: O. Heer. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 22:1-42
Belongs to Ponerites according to G. M. Dlussky and T. S. Putyatina 2014
See also Bolton 2012 and Heer 1867
Sister taxa: Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites atavinus, Ponerites coloradensis, Ponerites crawleyi, Ponerites eocenicus, Ponerites gracilior, Ponerites hooleyi, Ponerites hypoponeroides, Ponerites kishenehne, Ponerites nitidus, Ponerites oblongiceps, Ponerites tauricus, Ponerites tenuis, Ponerites umbrus
Type specimen: NHMW 1852.XXIX.33, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Radoboj (NHMW Wien Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Radoboj (NHMW Wien Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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