Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Camponotus palaeopterus, Shanwangella palaeoptera
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Liometopum according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024
See also Bolton 2012, Hong and Wu 2000, Perfilieva 2022 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum eremicum, Liometopum greenwalti, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis ventrosa, Poneropsis longaeva
Type specimen: 79051, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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