Emplastus britannicus

†Emplastus britannicus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Emplastus
Species:	†E. britannicus
Binomial name
†Emplastus britannicus (Cockerell, 1915)
Synonyms
†Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915 †Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †britannicus. †Dolichoderus britannicus Cockerell, 1915: 483, pl. 65, figs. 6, 7 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
  • Combination in †Emplastus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
  • Senior synonym of †emeryi, †ovigerus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
• †emeryi. †Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920: 86, pl. 5, fig. 5 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
  • Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
• †ovigerus. †Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915: 484, pl. 65, fig. 9 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
  • Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.

References

• Cockerell, T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 49: 469-499 (page 483, pl. 65, figs, 6, 7 queen described)
• Dlussky, G.M. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. In: Antropov, A. V., Belokobylskij, S. A., Compton, S. G., Dlussky, G. M., Khalaim, A. I., Kolyada, V. A., Kozlov, M. A., Perfilieva, K. S. & Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2014. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104(3-4):335-446.
• Perfilieva, K.S. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema). Paleontological Journal, 56(4), 412–425 (doi:10.1134/s0031030122040086).