Dolichoderus oviformis
†Dolichoderus oviformis Temporal range: Late Eocene Célas, Gard, France | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | †D. oviformis |
Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus oviformis Théobald, 1937 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Célas, Gard, France (Late Eocene) and is also known from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †oviformis. †Dolichoderus oviformis Théobald, 1937b: 128, pl. 9, figs. 11, 12; pl. 10, figs. 14, 15 (q.m.) FRANCE (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 128, pl. 9, figs. 11, 12; pl. 10, figs. 14, 15 queen, male described)