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Camponotites induratus
| †Camponotites induratus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotites |
| Species: | †C. induratus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Camponotites induratus (Heer, 1849)
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Boudinot et al. (2024) - These fossils could be considered unidentifiable to species, hence invalid, but are here treated as incertae sedis in Camponotus to highlight their existence. Critically, because of the lack of morphological information, it is possible that a number of these taxa belong to other genera of Camponotini (see Ward et al. (2016) and Ward & Boudinot (2021)). Reexamination of the original material is necessary in all cases (Boudinot et al. (2024), Note 11).
To prevent the uncritical usage of unidentifiable fossils attributed to Camponotus for macroevolutionary analysis, this species has been transferred to the form genus Camponotites. A form genus is a classificatory category used for fossils which are similar in appearance but cannot be reliably assigned to an established genus, in this case Camponotus. See Camponotites for further justification for this treatment. Until then, it is placed within Camponotites, noting that the taxa placed within this genus are unlikely to be closely related to each other.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene) and Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †induratus. †Formica indurata Heer, 1849: 116, pl. 11, fig. 2 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 116.]
- [Note: holotype is a q., not a m.: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 250 (in text).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 52.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 164; Heer, 1867: 8; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 692, 701; Dalla Torre, 1893: 236; Handlirsch, 1907: 868; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249 (redescription).
- Combination in Camponotites: Boudinot et al., 2024: 145.
- Senior synonym of †pinguicula: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249.
- †pinguicula. †Formica pinguicula Heer, 1849: 118, pl. 9, fig. 9; pl. 11, fig. 4 (m.) GERMANY (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 118.]
- Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 52;
- incertae sedis in Formica: Handlirsch, 1907: 866.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 165; Heer, 1867: 10; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 693, 706; Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- Junior synonym of †induratus: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249.
Description
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- 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 116, pl. 11, fig. 2 male described)
- Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 52, Combination in Camponotus)
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema). Paleontological Journal, 56(4), 412–425 (doi:10.1134/s0031030122040086).