Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: K. S. Perfilieva, D. A. Dubovikoff, and G. M. Dlussky. 2017. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Crimea. Paleontological Journal 51:391-401

Belongs to Oecophylla according to K. S. Perfilieva 2021

See also Perfilieva et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla grandimandibula, Oecophylla kraussei, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla macroptera, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla smaragdina, Oecophylla superba

Type specimen: PIN 4204/32, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 4204), which is in a Langhian marine shale in the Argun Formation of Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 4204)

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