Elaphrodites scutulatus

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Elaphrodites scutulatus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Shanwang, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Elaphrodites
Species: E. scutulatus
Binomial name
Elaphrodites scutulatus
Zhang, J., 1989

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • scutulatus. †Elaphrodites scutulatus Zhang, 1989: 284, fig. 285 (m.?) CHINA (Miocene).

Description

References

  • Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 284, fig. 285 male? described)