Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: F. Varela-Hernández and D. Flores-Zapoteco. 2024. New Miocene Mexican amber ant (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839. Historical Biology 37:511-516
Belongs to Pheidole according to F. Varela-Hernández and D. Flores-Zapoteco 2024
Sister taxa: Pheidole anticua, Pheidole cordata, Pheidole pallidula, Pheidole pauchil, Pheidole plagiaria, Pheidole primigenia, Pheidole rasnitsyni, Pheidole tertiaria, Pheidole tethepa
Type specimen: CPAL.469, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Los Pocitos (CPAL collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber, Los Pocitos (CPAL collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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