Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi
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| †Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi Temporal range: Late Oligocene or Early Miocene? Pilcaniyeu, 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) | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Argentina (Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †piatnitzkyi. †Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi Viana & Haedo Rossi, 1957: 113, figs. 1-3, 3 pls. (q.) ARGENTINA (Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene). Combination in †Archimyrmex: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2003: 44.
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)
