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Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints. / Perfilieva, K. S.

In: Paleontological Journal, Vol. 55, No. 1, 01.01.2021, p. 76-89.

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Perfilieva, KS 2021, 'Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints', Paleontological Journal, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 76-89. https://doi.org/10.1134/s003103012101010x

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Perfilieva, K. S. (2021). Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints. Paleontological Journal, 55(1), 76-89. https://doi.org/10.1134/s003103012101010x

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Perfilieva KS. Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints. Paleontological Journal. 2021 Jan 1;55(1):76-89. https://doi.org/10.1134/s003103012101010x

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Perfilieva, K. S. / Distribution and Differentiation of Fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) Species by Wing Imprints. In: Paleontological Journal. 2021 ; Vol. 55, No. 1. pp. 76-89.

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abstract = "Abstract: Ten Middle Miocene imprints of Oecophylla Smith, 1860 (Stavropol Region, Russia) are described and redescribed from the collection of the Arthropoda Laboratory of the Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Oecophylla has distinctive features of the wing venation, allowing the identification of fossils. Based on our study of extant ants, a procedure for identifying externally similar forewing imprints of Formicinae using the example of Oecophylla (Bembridge, United Kingdom) is proposed. It seems that the oldest Oecophylla is recognized now among early and middle Eocene ants from North America, a continent no longer inhabited by weaver ants, despite the apparently suitable climatic conditions. We suggest that historical distribution of weaver ants was determined by their ecology and behavior, and competition within ant assemblages.",
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