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Oecophylla leakeyi
| †Oecophylla leakeyi Temporal range: Early Miocene Mfwangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
| Genus: | Oecophylla |
| Species: | †O. leakeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson & Taylor, 1964 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Mfwangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †leakeyi. †Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson & Taylor, 1964: 93, fig. 2, pl. 2 (w.l.) KENYA.
Description
References
- 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).
- Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1964. A fossil ant colony: new evidence of social antiquity. Psyche (Camb.) 71: 93-103. (page 93, fig. 2, pl. 2 worker, larva described)