Emplastus ocellus

†Emplastus ocellus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Radoboj, Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Emplastus
Species:	†E. ocellus
Binomial name
†Emplastus ocellus (Heer, 1849)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †ocellus. †Formica ocella Heer, 1849: 133, pl. 10, fig. 5 (q.m.) CROATIA (Miocene).
  • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 133.]
  • Combination in †Emplastus: Dlussky & Putyatina. 2014: 243.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 203; Handlirsch, 1907: 864; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 243 (redescription).

References

• Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
• Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 133, pl. 10, fig. 5 queen, male described)
• 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).