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Casaleia
| †Casaleia Temporal range: 42–0 Ma Middle Eocene to Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | †Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Protamblyopone inversa, now Casaleia inversa | |
| Diversity | |
| 4 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, Sikhote-Alin, Russia (Priabonian, Late Eocene); Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan (Middle Miocene); Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene) 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.
- †CASALEIA [Amblyoponinae]
- †Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990: 5. Replacement name for †Protamblyopone Dlussky, 1981: 65. [Junior homonym of Protamblyopone Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 1.]
- †PROTAMBLYOPONE [junior homonym, see †Casaleia]
- †Protamblyopone Dlussky, 1981: 65. Type-species: †Protamblyopone inversa, by original designation. [Junior homonym of Protamblyopone Wheeler, above.]
- †Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990: 5, replacement name for †Protamblyopone Dlussky.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Caseleia in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 134, Caseleia in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 155, Caseleia in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini)
- Pagliano, G.; Scaramozzino, P. 1990 [1989]. Elenco dei generi di Hymenoptera del mundo. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 68: 1-210 (page 5, Replacement name for Protamblyopone Dlussky, 1981:65; junior homonym of Protamblyopone Wheeler, W.M. 1927:1 (Formicidae))