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Eocamponotus
| †Eocamponotus Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | †Eocamponotus Boudinout, 2024 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus mengei, now Eocamponotus mengei | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
Boudinot et al. (2024) created †Eocamponotus for †Camponotus mengei and its junior synonym †Camponotus igneus as, although these fossils are sufficiently preserved for species diagnosis, formal combined-evidence analysis failed to support a relationship with any particular genus of the Camponotini (Boudinot et al. 2022a). In so doing, we aim to preclude the usage of this fossil in macroevolutionary analysis as a calibration point for the genus Camponotus. At most, this fossil species can be used as a calibration for the Camponotini; whether as a stem or crown calibration point, however, is much less certain, and a conservative approach would be for the stem of the tribe.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †EOCAMPONOTUS [Formicinae: Camponotini]
- †Eocamponotus Boudinout, in Boudinout et al., 2024: 144. Type-species: †Camponotus mengei, by original designation.
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).