Oecophylla atavina

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Oecophylla atavina
Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene
Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: O. atavina
Binomial name
Oecophylla atavina
Cockerell, 1915
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Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • atavina. †Oecophylla atavina Cockerell, 1915: 485, pl. 64, fig. 7 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN. Senior synonym of perdita: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 90.
  • perdita. †Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915: 485, pl. 64, figs. 5, 6 (q.m.) GREAT BRITAIN. Junior synonym of atavina: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 90.

Description

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