Species: †Oxyidris antillana Wilson, 1985

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Oxyidris
Species: antillana

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Oxyidris antillana Wilson, 1985a PDF: 5, fig. 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (MCZ). Holotype MCZ.PALE-33510. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Dominican amber; Early Miocene (16-19 Ma).

Comments:

Paratypes MCZ.PALE-33533 to 33537

References:

Wilson E. O. 1985. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche, 92(1): 1-9.

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