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Oecophylla sicula
| †Oecophylla sicula Temporal range: Late/Upper Miocene Sicilian amber, Italy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
| Genus: | Oecophylla |
| Species: | †O. sicula |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oecophylla sicula Emery, 1891 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †sicula. †Oecophylla sicula Emery, 1891a: 156, pl. 3, figs. 36, 37 (w.) SICILIAN AMBER (Miocene).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1891b. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)1:141-165 (page 156, pl. 3, figs. 36, 37 worker described)
- 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).