Formica heteroptera
†Formica heteroptera Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle Eocene Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. heteroptera |
Binomial name | |
†Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. (Bartonian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †heteroptera. †Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920: 278, pl. 16, fig. 11 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene).
Description
References
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(5): 273-279 (page 278, pl. 16, fig. 11 wing described)