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Attaichnus kuenzelii
| †Attaichnus kuenzelii 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 |
| Species: | †A. kuenzelii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Attaichnus kuenzelii Laza, 1982 | |
| At a Glance | • Ichnofossil |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described 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.
- †kuenzelii. †Attaichnus kuenzelii Laza, 1982: 112, figs. 1-4 (nest) ARGENTINA (La Pampa, Miocene, ichnospecies).
- [Note: ichnotaxon; supposedly an attine nest structure.]
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 329.
Description
References
- 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, figs. ichnospecies)