Cyrtopone striata
†Cyrtopone striata Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Genus: | Cyrtopone |
Species: | †C. striata |
Binomial name | |
†Cyrtopone striata Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †striata. †Cyrtopone striata Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 744, fig. 23 (q.) GERMANY (Messel, Eocene).
Description
References
- Barden, P., Engel, M.S. 2020. Fossil social insects. Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer, Cham (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_45-1).
- Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.