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Canapone dentata
| †Canapone dentata Temporal range: Campanian, Late Cretaceous Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Genus: | Canapone |
| Species: | †C. dentata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Canapone dentata Dlussky, 1999
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Canapone dentata was originally placed in Ponerinae and later transferred to Ectatomminae. However, its taxonomic placement is uncertain as the species was based on a unique specimen that was only partial or partly visible and its precise affinity remains enigmatic (Perrichot, 2019).
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada (Campanian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †dentata. †Canapone dentata Dlussky, 1999b: 76, fig. 2 (w.) MEDICINE HAT AMBER (Canada: Alberta, Cretaceous).
- Status as species: Barden, 2017: 3.
- [Note: Barden, 2017: 12, notes that the holotype has been lost.]
Description
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Borowiec, M.L., Moreau, C.S., Rabeling, C. 2020. Ants: Phylogeny and Classification. In: C. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_155-1).
- Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629).
- Cantone, S., Von Zuben, C.J. 2019. The hindwings of ants: A phylogenetic analysis. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2019, 1–11 (doi:10.1155/2019/7929717).
- Dlussky, G. M. 1999c. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(4 4: 73-76 (page 76, fig. 2 worker described)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1999d. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber. Paleontol. J. 33: 409-412 (English Translation)
- Perrichot, V. 2019. New Cretaceous records and the diversification of crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 8th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods & Amber, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.