ammonites
Oecophylla perdita Cockerell 1915 (weaver ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Belongs to Oecophylla according to B. Bolton 2012

Sister taxa: Oecophylla atavina, Oecophylla bartoniana, Oecophylla brischkei, Oecophylla crassinoda, Oecophylla eckfeldiana, Oecophylla leakeyi, Oecophylla longiceps, Oecophylla megarche, Oecophylla obesa, Oecophylla praeclara, Oecophylla sicula, Oecophylla superba

Type specimen: USNM 61420, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie & A'Court Smith coll), which is in a Priabonian wet floodplain lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 9.45