Emplastus emeryi

†Emplastus emeryi Temporal range: 36–32 Ma K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Emplastus
Species:	†Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Emplastus britannicus.

Nomenclature

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

• †emeryi. †Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920: 86, pl. 5, fig. 5 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene). Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 86, pl. 5, fig. 5 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.