Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: K. Jessen. 2020. New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Upper Oligocene of Enspel (Westerwald Mountains, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 100:1007-1045
Belongs to Aphaenogaster according to K. Jessen 2020
Sister taxa: Aphaenogaster amphioceanica, Aphaenogaster antiqua, Aphaenogaster archaica, Aphaenogaster dlusskyana, Aphaenogaster donisthorpei, Aphaenogaster mayri, Aphaenogaster mersa, Aphaenogaster oligocenica, Aphaenogaster praerelicta, Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti
Type specimen: NHMM-PE1997/5555-LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Enspel, horizon S14, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Enspel, horizon S14
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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