Clavipetiola

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Clavipetiola
Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Clavipetiola
Hong, 2002
Type species
Clavipetiola asiatica
Diversity
1 fossil species
(Species Checklist)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon is known from Fushun amber, Liaoning, China (Ypresian, Early Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • CLAVIPETIOLA [incertae sedis in Myrmicinae]
    • Clavipetiola Hong, 2002: 564. Type-species: †Clavipetiola asiatica, by original designation.

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