Solenopsis moesta

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Solenopsis moesta
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. moesta
Binomial name
Solenopsis moesta
(Förster, 1891)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France (Early Oligocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • moesta. †Attopsis moesta Förster, 1891: 439, pl. 13, fig. 10 (m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • [Misspelled as maesta by Handlirsch, 1907: 877.]
    • Combination in Solenopsis: Théobald, 1937b: 203.
    • Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 877; Théobald, 1937b: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 389.

Description

References

  • Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abh. Geol. Spezialkt. Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333-594 (page 439, pl. 13, fig. 10 male described)
  • Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 203, Combination in Solenopsis)