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Species: †Oecophylla brischkei   Mayr, 1868 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Oecophylla brischkei Mayr, 1868c PDF: 31, pl. 1, figs. 12, 13 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wheeler, 1915i PDF: 114 (m.).

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Eastern Europe, Europe, Kaliningrad, Russia

Distribution Notes:

Baltic amber; middle to Late Eocene (34-42 Ma).

Comments:

Specimens in Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Germany; in Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria.

References:

  • Mayr G. L. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitrage zur Naturkunde Preussens, 1: 1-102.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1915. The ants of the Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 55: 1-142.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: syntype: nhmw1984-31-139



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