Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Polyrhachis annosus

Full reference: T. Wappler, G. M. Dlussky, and M. Reuter. 2009. The first fossil record of Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Upper Miocene of Crete (Greece). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83:431-438

Belongs to Polyrhachis according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024

See also Bolton 2012 and Wappler et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Polyrhachis bellicosa, Polyrhachis celebensis, Polyrhachis cincta, Polyrhachis circumdata, Polyrhachis continua, Polyrhachis dahlii, Polyrhachis decipiens, Polyrhachis erosispina, Polyrhachis excitata, Polyrhachis inclusa, Polyrhachis levior, Polyrhachis paromalus, Polyrhachis rastellata, Polyrhachis sexspinosa, Polyrhachis subfossa, Polyrhachis tibialis

Type specimen: IPB-WAPPLER-1a, b, an exoskeleton (worker ant). Its type locality is Apomarma, which is in a Messinian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in the Varvara Formation of Greece.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Apomarma

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.