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Fonsecahymen stigmata
| †Fonsecahymen stigmata Temporal range: Oligocene Fonseca Formation, Fonseca, Minas Gerais State, Brazil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | uncertain |
| Genus: | Fonsecahymen |
| Species: | †F. stigmata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fonsecahymen stigmata Martins-Neto & Mendes, 2002 | |
Probably not in Formicidae based on description and fig. 1E (V. Perrichot, pers. obs.).
Identification
This species was described as being similar to Oecophylla perdita Cockerell 1916, from the Oligocene of the Isle of Wight, Gumet Bay, but differing by the greater size, presence of m-cu (absent in Oecophylla perdita) and RP+M distally in M (joined with rp-m, RP and M in Oecophylla perdita).
Distribution
This taxon was described from Fonseca Formation, Fonseca, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †stigmata. †Fonsecahymen stigmata Martins-Neto & Mendes, 2002: 29, figs. pl. 1C, fig. 1E (wing) BRAZIL (Oligocene).
Holotype: CH 0014/2, housed in the Invertebrate Paleontological Collection, Museu de Historia Natural, UNIVALE, Govemador Valadares, MG, Brazil.
Type locality: Near Fonseca Village, Alvinopolis municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Type stratum: Argillaceous shales. Fonseca Formation, Fonseca Basin.
Age: Oligocene.