Oecophylla atavina

†Oecophylla atavina Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ 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
Synonyms
†Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915

Distribution

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

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.

References

• Cockerell, T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 49: 469-499 (page 485, pl. 64, fig. 7 queen 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.
• 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).