Oxyidris antillana
†Oxyidris antillana Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Oxyidris |
Species: | †O. antillana |
Binomial name | |
†Oxyidris antillana Wilson, 1985 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †antillana. †Oxyidris antillana Wilson, 1985a: 5, fig. 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene).
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.
Description
References
- Wilson, E. O. 1985a. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 1-9 (page 5, fig. 3 worker described)