Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combinations: Camponotites krausei, Camponotites kraussei

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1999. Two new species of aculeate hymenopterans (Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontological Journal 33:546-549

Belongs to Oecophylla according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2024

See also Bolton 2012, Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 1999, Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002 and Perfilieva et al. 2017

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

Type specimen: UWBM 78047, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Republic, UWBM locality B4876, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Republic, UWBM locality B4876

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