Attopsis anthracina
†Attopsis anthracina Temporal range: Fossil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
Genus: | Oecophylla |
Species: | †Attopsis anthracina Heer, 1849 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Oecophylla obesa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †anthracina. †Attopsis anthracina Heer, 1849: 156, pl. 12, fig. 12 (m.) CROATIA. [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 156.] Combination in Cataulacus: Mayr, 1867b: 58. Junior synonym of †obesa: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 252. See also: Bolton, 1974a: 87.
References
- Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105 (page 87, see also)
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 156, pl. 12, fig. 12 male described)
- Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 58, Combination in Cataulacus, and senior synonym of nigra)