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Species: †Crematogaster praecursor   Emery, 1891 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Crematogaster praecursor Emery, 1891b: 152, pl. 2, figs. 19-21 (m.) SICILIAN AMBER (Oligocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Sicilian amber, Italy; exact age unknown between late Eocene, Oligocene, and middle Miocene (14 to 34 Ma; see Ragazzi & Roghi, 2014).

Comments:

Holotype 16629, in Museo di Mineralogia Luigi Bombicci, Universita di Bologna, Italy.

References:

  • Emery C. 1891. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico della Universita di Bologna. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, 5(1): 141-165.
  • Ragazzi E., Roghi G., 2014. Simetite, the Sicilian amber, In: Kustatscher E., Roghi G., Bertini A., Miola A. (Eds.), Palaeobotany of Italy. Publication of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol, 9: 232-237.


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