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 Ponerites according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014
Sister taxa: Ponerites atavinus, 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: BMNH I.9996, 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.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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