Oecophylla taurica
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| †Oecophylla taurica Temporal range: Middle Miocene Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea, Russian Federation | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Oecophylla |
| Species: | †O. taurica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky, 2017 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Russia (Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †taurica. †Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky, 2017: 399, fig. 7, pl. 7, fig. 6 (wing) RUSSIA (Crimea, Miocene).
Type Material
Holotype. Partial imprint of thorax, petiole and forewing of a female (?); Crimea, Kerch Peninsula, Malyi Kamyshlak; Middle Miocene, Upper Tarkhanian (16.5-15.5 Ma bp) (Arthropod Laboratory of the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 4204/32).
