†Tapinoma neli Perrichot et al. 2019 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: V. Perrichot, R. Salas-Gismondi, and P. O. Antoine. 2019. The ant genus Tapinoma Förster (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Miocene amber of Peru. Palaeoentomology 2:585-590
Belongs to Tapinoma according to V. Perrichot et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Tapinoma baculum, Tapinoma electrinum, Tapinoma glaesaria, Tapinoma minutissimum, Tapinoma troche
Type specimen: MUSM-A-2005-5a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Amazonian amber, Tamshiyacu locality, which is in a Serravallian terrestrial amber in the Pebas Formation of Peru.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Amazonian amber, Tamshiyacu locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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