Ypresiomyrma orientalis Dlussky et al. 2015 (bulldog ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and K. S. Perfilieva. 2015. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian far east). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11:131-152

Belongs to Ypresiomyrma according to G. M. Dlussky et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Ypresiomyrma bartletti, Ypresiomyrma orbiculata, Ypresiomyrma rebekkae

Type specimen: PIN 3429/1109, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, Biamo, layer 1 (PIN collection 3429), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine diatomite in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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