Oecophylla longiceps

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Oecophylla longiceps
Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene
Messel, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: O. longiceps
Binomial name
Oecophylla longiceps
Dlussky, 2008

Dlussky Wappler Wedmann 2008-4Oecophylla-longiceps2.jpg

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Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • longiceps. Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky, in Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2008: 617, figs. 2, 3, 6A (q.m.) GERMANY (Eocene).

Description

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