Calyptites antediluvianum Scudder 1877 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel (British Colombia). Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1875-1876 266-280

Belongs to Calyptites according to B. Bolton 2012

See also Carpenter 1930, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSC 7, a forewing (perfect preservation). Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Quesnel

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