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Eoaenictites
| †Eoaenictites Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae (incertae sedis) |
| Subfamily: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | †Eoaenictites Hong, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Eoaenictites castanifurvus | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Formicidae.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Fushun amber, Liaoning, China (Ypresian, Early Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †EOAENICTITES [incertae sedis in Formicidae (definitely not Aenictinae as stated in Hong, 2002)]
- †Eoaenictites Hong, 2002: 541. Type-species: †Eoaenictites castanifurvus, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Hong, Y.-C. 2002. Amber insects of China. Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House/Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Beijing, in 2 vols. (page 541, Eoaenictites as genus)