Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonym: Formica gracilis Heer 1867 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and T. S. Putyatina. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272:237-285

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 elongatus, Ponerites eocenicus, Ponerites hooleyi, Ponerites hypoponeroides, Ponerites kishenehne, Ponerites nitidus, Ponerites oblongiceps, Ponerites tauricus, Ponerites tenuis, Ponerites umbrus

Type specimens:

• Ponerites gracilior: UMJG&P 77.544, an exoskeleton
• Formica gracilis: UMJG&P 77.544, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (Grätz Collection) (Miocene of Croatia)

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