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Oecophyllini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Oecophyllini was named by Emery (1895). It is extant. Its type is Oecophylla.

It was assigned to Camponotinae by Wheeler (1915); and to Formicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Ward et al. (2016) and Archibald et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Eoecophylla, Oecophylla (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Oecophyllini Emery
1915Oecophyllini Wheeler
2003Oecophyllini Bolton p. 25
2012Oecophyllini Bolton
2016Oecophyllini Ward et al. p. 348
2024Oecophyllini Archibald et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeOecophylliniEmery 1895
tribeOecophylliniEmery 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Oecophyllini Emery 1895
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G. †Eoecophylla Archibald et al. 2024
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†Eoecophylla quilchenensis Archibald et al. 2024
G. Oecophylla Smith 1860 [weaver ant]
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†Oecophylla atavina Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Oecophylla perdita Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
†Oecophylla bartoniana Cockerell 1920
†Oecophylla brischkei Mayr 1868
†Oecophylla crassinoda Wheeler 1922
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Invalid names: Oecophylla brevinodis Wheeler 1915 [replaced]
†Oecophylla eckfeldiana Dlussky et al. 2008
†Oecophylla kraussei Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 1999
†Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson and Taylor 1964
†Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky et al. 2008
†Oecophylla macroptera Dlussky 1981
†Oecophylla megarche Cockerell 1915
†Oecophylla obesa Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Attopsis anthracina Heer 1849 [synonym], Attopsis nigra Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica pinguis Heer 1849 [synonym]
†Oecophylla praeclara Förster 1891
†Oecophylla sicula Emery 1891
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius 1775
†Oecophylla superba Theobald 1937
†Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Camponotites kraussei (124086)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Formicidae indet. A and B (31677) Oecophyllini indet. A (192140)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Oecophylla longiceps (120798)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Oecophylla eckfeldiana (135640 135644 138911 138912)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Oecophylla sp. (157347)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Oecophylla bartoniana (127644)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Oecophylla crassinoda (232023)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Oecophylla brischkei (109625 120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla perdita, Oecophylla megarche (123959) Oecophylla megarche (21976 123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Oecophylla brischkei (122591 123757 124073 138654) Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla brevinodis (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Oecophylla megarche (157669)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Czech Republic Oecophylla obesa (138883)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Attopsis nigra (121476) Oecophylla praeclara (121473)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Oecophylla superba (122407)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Oecophylla xiejiaheensis (128551) Rabidia xiejiaheensis (128550)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Oecophylla leakeyi (138938)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Ukraine Oecophylla taurica (188087)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Camponotites macropterus (125988) Oecophylla macroptera (125996)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Formica obesa, Formica pinguis, Attopsis anthracina, Attopsis nigra (117246) Oecophylla obesa (113698 117247)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Formica pinguis (115304 115305 117260)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Oecophylla sicula (123432)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Oecophylla grandimandibula (156164)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Oecophylla smaragdina (182105)