Species: †Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: perdita

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Current Valid Name:

Oecophylla atavina

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Oecophylla perdita Cockerell, 1915: 485, pl. 64, figs. 5, 6 (q.m.) GREAT BRITAIN. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Junior synonym of †Oecophylla atavina: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014 PDF: 424.

Distribution Notes:

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

Comments:

Holotype USNM 61420-61422 in U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

References:

Cockerell T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 49: 469-499.

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