Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Formica atavina

Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264

Belongs to Ponerites according to G. M. Dlussky and T. S. Putyatina 2014

See also Bolton 2012, Heer 1849 and Heer 1867

Sister taxa: Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites coloradensis, Ponerites crawleyi, Ponerites elongatus, Ponerites eocenicus, Ponerites gracilior, Ponerites hooleyi, Ponerites hypoponeroides, Ponerites kishenehne, Ponerites nitidus, Ponerites oblongiceps, Ponerites tauricus, Ponerites tenuis, Ponerites umbrus

Type specimen: UMJG&P 77.582, 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)

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