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Archiponera wheeleri
| †Archiponera wheeleri Temporal range: Late Eocene Florissant, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Archiponera |
| Species: | †A. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archiponera wheeleri Carpenter, 1930 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †wheeleri. †Archiponera wheeleri Carpenter, 1930: 27, pl. 1, pl. 2, fig. 1 (w.) U.S.A. (Colorado, Florissant, Eocene).
- Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 75.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 27, pl. 1, pl. 2, fig. 1 worker described)