Oecophylla Smith, 1860
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.2008.0406 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87C9-FFAC-FF9F-7407-FD29FA87FB78 |
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Felipe |
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Oecophylla Smith, 1860 |
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Genus Oecophylla Smith, 1860 View in CoL
Type species: Oecophylla virescens ( Fabricius, 1775) , junior synonym of Oecophylla smaragdina ( Fabricius, 1775) , Recent.
Remarks.—Based on the following features the fossil ants presented here can be affiliated to Formicinae : Oecophylla . Characters of Formicinae are as follows: Waist consisting of one segment (petiole). Gaster without constriction between first and second segments. Antenna of male geniculate. Forewing without closed cell rm; usually sections 5RS and 4M with joint start (rs−m lost). Characters of Oecophylla : Forewing with narrow pterostigma and with closed cells 1+2r, 3r, closed cell and mcu absent; posterior margin of cell 3r (formed by RS) concave. Scape attached at some distance from clypeus. Mandibles large, triangular, with sharp teeth on the masticatory margin and long apical teeth. Petiole without scale.
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