Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi
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| †Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi Temporal range: Early Lutetian, middle Eocene Ventana Formation, Confluencia, Neuquen region, Argentina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Archimyrmex |
| Species: | †A. piatnitzkyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi (Viana & Haedo Rossi, 1957) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Ventana Formation, Confluencia, Neuquen region, Argentina (Early Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †piatnitzkyi. †Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi Viana & Haedo Rossi, 1957: 113, figs. 1-3, 3 pls. (q.) ARGENTINA (Río Negro, Eocene).
- Combination in *Archimyrmex: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2003: 44.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 20; Burnham, 1979: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Petrulevicius, 1999: 96; Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2003: 44 (redescription).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 63, catalogue)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Perfilieva, K.S. 2003a. Paleogene ants of the genus Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae). Paleontol. Zh. 1: 40-49 (page 45, Combination in Archimyrmex)
- Petrulevicius, J. F. 1999. Cenozoic insects from Argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 58(1/2): 95-103 (see also)
- Viana, M. J.; Haedo Rossi, J. A. 1957. Primer hallazgo en el hemisferio sur de Formicidae extinguidos y catálogo mundial de los Formicidae fósiles. Primera parte. Ameghiniana 1(1/2 2: 108-113 (page 113, figs. 1-3, 3 pls. queen described)
