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Attaichnus
| †Attaichnus Temporal range: Huayquerian, Late Miocene Epecuen Formation, Salinas de Hidalgo, La Pampa Prov., Argentina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | †Attaichnus Laza, 1982 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
This genus is an ichnotaxon, that is it is based on the fossilized work of an organism rather than the organism itself.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Epecuen Formation, Salinas de Hidalgo, La Pampa Prov., Argentina (Huayquerian, Late Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ATTAICHNUS [Myrmicinae: Attini]
- †Attaichnus Laza, 1982: 112. Included ichnospecies: †Attaichnus kuenzelii. Ichnofossil, purportedly fossil traces of workings attributable to attine ants.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 201, Inchnotaxon attached to Attini [Ichnofossil, purportedly fossil traces of workings attributable to attine ants.])
- Laza, J. H. 1982. Signos de actividad atribuibles a Atta (Myrmicidae, Hymenoptera) en el Mioceno de la provincia de La Pampa, Republica Argentina. Ameghiniana 19: 109-124 (page 112, Included ichnospecies)