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Eoponera
| †Eoponera Temporal range: Early Eocene Puryear, Tennessee, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formiciinae |
| Genus: | †Eoponera Carpenter, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Eoponera berryi, now Formicium berryi | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formicium.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †EOPONERA [junior synonym of †Formicium]
- †Eoponera Carpenter, 1929: 301. Type-species: †Eoponera berryi, by original designation.
- †Eoponera junior synonym of †Formicium: Lutz, 1986: 189.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 262, Eoponera as junior synonym of Formicium)
- Carpenter, F. M. 1929. A fossil ant from the Lower Eocene (Wilcox) of Tennessee. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 300-301 (page 301, Eoponera as genus)
- Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Olschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenb. Leth. 67: 177-218 (page 189, Eoponera as junior synonym of Formicium)