Formica aemula
†Formica aemula Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. aemula |
Binomial name | |
†Formica aemula Heer, 1867 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †aemula. †Formica aemula Heer, 1867: 18, pl. 1, fig. 19 (caste?) CROATIA (Miocene).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 191, catalogue)
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 18, pl. 1, fig. 19 caste? described)