Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology 62:163-174
Belongs to Lasius according to J. S. LaPolla and D. E. Greenwalt 2015
Sister taxa: Lasius anthracinus, Lasius chambonensis, Lasius crispus, Lasius epicentrus, Lasius globularis, Lasius inflatus, Lasius longaevus, Lasius longipennis, Lasius mordicus, Lasius nemorivagus, Lasius oblongus, Lasius occultatus, Lasius ophthalmicus, Lasius peritulus, Lasius punctulatus, Lasius schiefferdeckeri, Lasius tertiarius, Lasius truncatus, Lasius validus, Lasius vetulus, Lasius vulgaris
Type specimen: USNM 609594, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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