Oecophylla longiceps
†Oecophylla longiceps Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
Genus: | Oecophylla |
Species: | †O. longiceps |
Binomial name | |
†Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky, 2008 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †longiceps. Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky, in Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2008: 617, figs. 2, 3, 6A (q.m.) GERMANY (Eocene).
Description
References
- Archibald, S.B., Mathewes, R.W., Perfilieva, K.S. 2024. Fossil weaver ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Oecophyllini) of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 156, e2, 1–16 (doi:10.4039/tce.2023.27).
- Dlussky, G.M., Wappler, T. & Wedmann, S. 2008. New middle Eocene formicid species from Germany and the evolution of weaver ants. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (4): 615-626.
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2021. Distribution and differentiation of fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species by wing imprints. Paleontological Journal 55(1), 76–89 (doi:10.1134/s003103012101010x).