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 Taphopone according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014
Sister taxa: Taphopone aberrans, Taphopone karaganensis, Taphopone macroptera, Taphopone microptera, Taphopone stauropolitanus
Type specimen: BMNH In.25469, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley 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 (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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