Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: H. Aiba and H. Inose. 2026. A new fossil ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Middle to Late Miocene Fuzawa Formation in Tadami Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 30:9-16
Belongs to Paraphaenogaster according to H. Aiba and H. Inose 2026
Sister taxa: Paraphaenogaster avita, Paraphaenogaster bizeri, Paraphaenogaster dumetorum, Paraphaenogaster freihauti, Paraphaenogaster hooleyana, Paraphaenogaster jurinei, Paraphaenogaster lapidescens, Paraphaenogaster loosi, Paraphaenogaster maculata, Paraphaenogaster maculipes, Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus, Paraphaenogaster paludosa, Paraphaenogaster pannonica, Paraphaenogaster schindleri, Paraphaenogaster shanwangensis, Paraphaenogaster tertiaria, Paraphaenogaster ussuriensis, Paraphaenogaster wettlauferi, Paraphaenogaster wuttkei
Type specimen: FM-N201900005, an exoskeleton (forewing)
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at East of Nonosawa (Miocene to Miocene of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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