Odontomachus paleomyagra Wappler et al. 2014 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: T. Wappler, G. M. Dlussky, M. S. Engel, J. Prokop, and S. Knor. 2014. A new trap-jaw ant species of the genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Czech Republic. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:495-502

Belongs to Odontomachus according to T. Wappler et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Odontomachus cephalotes, Odontomachus pseudobauri, Odontomachus ruficeps, Odontomachus saevissimus, Odontomachus spinifer

Type specimen: ZD0136, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon), which is in a MN 3 lacustrine - small claystone in the Most Formation of Czechia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon)

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