Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Dolichoderus tauricus
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky. 1981. Miocenovye muravwi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CCCP. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 183:64-83
Belongs to Ponerites according to K. S. Perfilieva et al. 2017
See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky 1981
Sister taxa: Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites atavinus, Ponerites coloradensis, Ponerites crawleyi, Ponerites elongatus, Ponerites eocenicus, Ponerites gracilior, Ponerites hooleyi, Ponerites hypoponeroides, Ponerites kishenehne, Ponerites nitidus, Ponerites oblongiceps, Ponerites tenuis, Ponerites umbrus
Type specimen: PIN 287/343, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 287), which is in a Langhian marine shale in the Argun Formation of Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ukraine (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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