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Cataulacus silvestrii
| †Cataulacus silvestrii Temporal range: Late/Upper Miocene Sicilian amber, Italy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Cataulacus |
| Species: | †C. silvestrii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cataulacus silvestrii Emery, 1891 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †silvestrii. †Cataulacus silvestrii Emery, 1891a: 147, pl. 1, figs. 5-7 (w.) SICILIAN AMBER (Italy: Sicily, Oligocene).
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 139; Handlirsch, 1907: 876; Bolton, 1974a: 86; Keilbach, 1982: 276; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105 (page 86, see also)
- Emery, C. 1891b. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)1:141-165 (page 147, pl. 1, figs. 5-7 worker described)