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Longicapitia
| †Longicapitia Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae (incertae sedis) |
| Genus: | †Longicapitia Hong, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Longicapitia reticulata | |
| 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.
- †LONGICAPITIA [incertae sedis in Ponerinae]
- †Longicapitia Hong, 2002: 535. Type-species: †Longicapitia reticulata, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Hong, Y.-C. 2002. Amber insects of China. Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Beijing, in 2 vols. (page 535, Longicapitia as genus)