Orapia rayneri
†Orapia rayneri Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini |
Genus: | Orapia |
Species: | †O. rayneri |
Binomial name | |
†Orapia rayneri Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2004 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana (Turonian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †rayneri. †Orapia rayneri Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2004: 3, figs. 1-8 (q.) BOTSWANA (Cretaceous).
Description
References
- Borysenko, L.H. 2017. Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 570: 1–57.
- Cantone, S., Von Zuben, C.J. 2019. The hindwings of ants: A phylogenetic analysis. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2019, 1–11 (doi:10.1155/2019/7929717).
- Dlussky, G. M.; Brother, D. J.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35(1): 1-13 (page 3, figs. 1-8; winged queen described)