Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104
Belongs to Emplastus according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014
Sister taxa: Emplastus amguensis, Emplastus antiquus, Emplastus biamoensis, Emplastus britannicus, Emplastus dubius, Emplastus elongatus, Emplastus gurnetensis, Emplastus haueri, Emplastus hypolithus, Emplastus macrops, Emplastus miocenicus, Emplastus obliquus, Emplastus ocellus, Emplastus similis
Type specimen: BMNH PI II.2784, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burnt Wood, Bembridge Marls (BMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Bembridge Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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