Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Camponotus cockerelli, Leucotaphus cockerelli
Full reference: H. S.t. J. Donisthorpe. 1920. British Oligocene Ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9 6:81-94
Belongs to Camponotites according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024
See also Bolton 2012, Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014 and Donisthorpe 1920
Sister taxa: Camponotites ambon, Camponotites ampullosus, Camponotites compactus, Camponotites crozei, Camponotites curviansatus, Camponotites fuscipennis, Camponotites gracilis, Camponotites heracleus, Camponotites induratus, Camponotites lignitus, Camponotites longiventris, Camponotites longus, Camponotites microcephalus, Camponotites microthoracus, Camponotites novotnyi, Camponotites obesus, Camponotites oeningensis, Camponotites penninervis, Camponotites petrifactus, Camponotites pictus, Camponotites plenus, Camponotites shanwangensis, Camponotites silvestris, Camponotites steinbachi, Camponotites theobaldi, Camponotites tokunagai, Camponotites ullrichi, Camponotites vehemens, Camponotites vetus, Camponotites xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: BMNH I.8517, an exoskeleton. 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.
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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