Ovaligastrula

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Ovaligastrula
Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Ovaligastrula
Hong, 2002
Type species
Ovaligastrula xilutianensis
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.

  • OVALIGASTRULA [incertae sedis in Formicinae]
    • Ovaligastrula Hong, 2002: 599. Type-species: †Ovaligastrula xilutianensis, by original designation.

Taxonomic Notes

Placed within the Formicinae but unplaced to tribe by Ward et al. (2016).

References