Oecophylla leakeyi

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Oecophylla leakeyi
Temporal range: Early Miocene Mfwangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya
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

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