Oecophylla perdita

†Oecophylla perdita Temporal range: 36–32 Ma K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Oecophyllini
Genus:	Oecophylla
Species:	†Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Oecophylla atavina.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †perdita. †Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915: 485, pl. 64, figs. 5, 6 (q.m.) GREAT BRITAIN. Junior synonym of atavina: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 90.

References

• Cockerell, T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 49: 469-499 (page 485, pl. 64, figs. 5, 6 queen, male described)
• Dlussky, G.M. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. In: Antropov, A. V., Belokobylskij, S. A., Compton, S. G., Dlussky, G. M., Khalaim, A. I., Kolyada, V. A., Kozlov, M. A., Perfilieva, K. S. & Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2014. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104(3-4):335-446.