Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Camponotus crozei
Full reference: B. Riou. 1999. Descriptions de quelques insectes fossiles du Miocène supérieur de la Montagne d'Andance (Ardèche, France). Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 11/12:123-133
Belongs to Camponotites according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024
See also Riou 1999
Sister taxa: Camponotites ambon, Camponotites ampullosus, Camponotites cockerelli, Camponotites compactus, Camponotites curviansatus, Camponotites fuscipennis, Camponotites gracilis, Camponotites heracleus, Camponotites induratus, Camponotites lignitus, Camponotites longiventris, Camponotites longus, Camponotites microcephalus, Camponotites microthoracus, Camponotites novotnyi, Camponotites obesus, Camponotites oeningensis, Camponotites penninervis, Camponotites petrifactus, Camponotites pictus, Camponotites plenus, Camponotites shanwangensis, Camponotites silvestris, Camponotites steinbachi, Camponotites theobaldi, Camponotites tokunagai, Camponotites ullrichi, Camponotites vehemens, Camponotites vetus, Camponotites xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: MPVR R-118, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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