ammonites
Liometopum eremicum Zhang 1989 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Belongs to Liometopum according to B. Bolton 2012

Sister taxa: Liometopum antiquum, Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi

Type specimen: 820170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body length 7.10, forewing length 5.00