Oecophylla kraussei

†Oecophylla kraussei holotype

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Formicinae
Tribus: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: †O. kraussei

Name

• †Oecophylla kraussei (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999)

Synonymy

• †Camponotites kraussei Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 1999 (protonym)
• †Camponotites krausei Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2003 (lapsus)
• Formicidae indeterminate of Douglas & Stockey, 1996

Type material

• Holotype: UWBM 78047
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
    • Collector: Rob Krausse, 1994.

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Golden Promise (UWBM B4876), near Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

Etymology

• "After Mr. Ronald Krausse"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Golden Promise (UWBM B4876), near Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

References

• Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999. Two new species of aculeate hymenopterans (Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontological Journal 33: 546–549. ISSN 0031-0301. https://antwiki.org/w/images/d/d5/Dlussky_%26_Rasnitsyn_1999b.pdf.  Reference page. 
• Perfilieva, K.S.; Dubovikoff, D.A.; Dlussky (†), G.M. 2017. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Crimea. Paleontological Journal 51(4): 391-401. doi:10.1134/S0031030117040098.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archibald, S. B., Mathewes, R. W. & Perfilieva, K. S. 2024. Fossil weaver ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Oecophyllini) of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 156. doi:10.4039/tce.2023.27.  Reference page. 
• Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. & Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page. 
• Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 ("2002"). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America.. Russian Entomological Journal 11(4): 411–436. ISSN 0132-8069. https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/11/ent11_4%20411_436%20Dlussky%20Rasnitsyn.pdf.  Reference page. 
• Dlussky, G.M., Karl, H.-V., Brauckmann, C., Gröning, E. & Reich, M. 2011. Two ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany, with a nomenclatural note on the genus Camponotites. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85(4): 449–455. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-011-0104-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Douglas, S.; Stockey, R. 1996. Insect fossils in middle Eocene deposits from British Columbia and Washington State: faunal diversity and geological range extensions. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(6): 1140–1157. doi:10.1139/z96-126. ISSN 0008-4301.  Reference page. 
• Perfilieva, K.S. 2021. Distribution and differentiation of fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species by wing imprints. Paleontological Journal 55: 76–89. doi:10.1134/S003103012101010X. ISSN 0031-0301.  Reference page.