Attopsis longipennis
†Attopsis longipennis Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Attopsis |
Species: | †A. longipennis |
Binomial name | |
†Attopsis longipennis Heer, 1849 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †longipennis. †Attopsis longipennis Heer, 1849: 155, pl. 12, fig. 11 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 155.]
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 177; Förster, 1891: 437; Scudder, 1891: 689; Dalla Torre, 1893: 139; Handlirsch, 1907: 877; Bolton, 1995b: 77; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249 (redescription).
Description
References
- Dlussky, G. M., Putyatina, T. S. (2014) Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh. 272: 237-285. (page 247, Attopsis in Formicinae)
- Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abh. Geol. Spezialkt. Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333-594 (page 437, see also)
- Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 155, pl. 12, fig. 11 queen described)