Emplastus hypolithus Cockerell 1915 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combinations: Ponera hypolitha, Poneropsis hypolitha

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Belongs to Emplastus according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014

See also Bolton 2012 and Cockerell 1915

Sister taxa: Emplastus amguensis, Emplastus antiquus, Emplastus biamoensis, Emplastus britannicus, Emplastus dubius, Emplastus elongatus, Emplastus gurnetensis, Emplastus haueri, Emplastus kozlovi, Emplastus macrops, Emplastus miocenicus, Emplastus obliquus, Emplastus ocellus, Emplastus similis

Type specimen: USNM 61411, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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