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Species: †Emplastus emeryi   Donisthorpe, 1920 

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Emplastus britannicus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920b PDF: 86, pl. 5, fig. 5 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Junior synonym of †Emplastus britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014 PDF: 414.

Distribution Notes:

Bembridge Marls, Gurnard Bay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, U.K.; Late Eocene (ca. 34 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype BMNH(P)In.24367, in Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

Taxonomic Notes:

Ward et al., 2010: 362, incertae sedis in Dolichoderinae.

References:

  • Donisthorpe H. 1920. British Oligocene ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9(6): 81-94.
  • Ward P. S., Brady S. G., Fisher B. L., Schultz T. R. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology, 59(3): 342-362.


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