Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: V. Perrichot and M. S. Engel. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196:775-791
Belongs to Technomyrmex according to V. Perrichot and M. S. Engel 2022
Sister taxa: Technomyrmex caritatis, Technomyrmex deletus, Technomyrmex hispaniolae, Technomyrmex kemaensis, Technomyrmex septentrionalis
Type specimen: NHMW-N6976, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (NHMW collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ethiopia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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