Liometopum oligocenicum

Liometopum oligocenicum is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Liometopum. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, the fossils were found in Baltic amber.[1]

Liometopum oligocenicum
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Baltic amber
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L. oligocenicum
Binomial name
Liometopum oligocenicum
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

References

  1. Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 95, fig. 46 worker described)
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