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Oecophylla superba
| †Oecophylla superba Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
| Genus: | Oecophylla |
| Species: | †O. superba |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oecophylla superba Théobald, 1937 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †superba. †Oecophylla superba Théobald, 1937b: 212, pl. 4, fig. 17; pl. 15, fig. 1 (q.) FRANCE (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 212, pl. 4, fig. 17; pl. 15, fig. 1 queen described)