Camponotus lignitus
†Camponotus lignitus 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 |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | †C. lignitus |
Binomial name | |
†Camponotus lignitus (Germar, 1837) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene) and is also known from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †lignitus. †Formica lignitum Germar, 1837: pl. 19, fig. 19 (q.) GERMANY (Miocene?).
- Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 51.
- Status as species: Heer, 1850: 112; Giebel, 1856: 163; Heer, 1867: 7; Mayr, 1867b: 51; Scudder, 1891: 692, 702; Dalla Torre, 1893: 240; Handlirsch, 1907: 868; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
Description
References
- Germar, E. F. 1837. Fauna insectorum Europae. Fasciculus 19. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Halle: Kümmel, pl. 1-25. (pl. 19, fig. 19 queen described)
- 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 112, see also)
- 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 51, Combination in Ca
- 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).