Species: †Poneropsis hypolitha (Cockerell, 1915)

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Genus: Poneropsis
Species: hypolitha

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Current Valid Name:

Emplastus hypolithus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Ponera hypolitha Cockerell, 1915: 483, pl. 64, figs. 3, 4 (forewing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

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

Comments:

Holotype USNM 61411, paratype USNM 61412, in U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

References:

Cockerell T. D. A. 1914 [1915]. Miocene fossil insects. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 66: 634-648.
Taylor R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Psyche, 71(3): 134-141.

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