Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. S. LaPolla. 2023. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the early Oligocene Canyon Ferry Reservoir deposit. Palaeoentomology 6:385-397
Belongs to Liometopum according to J. S. LaPolla 2023
Sister taxa: Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum eremicum, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum palaeopterum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis veneraria, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis schmidtii, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis ventrosa
Type specimen: MOR-IV-1465, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Canyon Ferry Reservoir, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large claystone in Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Canyon Ferry Reservoir
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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