Formica alsatica
†Formica alsatica Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. alsatica |
Binomial name | |
†Formica alsatica Théobald, 1937 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †alsatica. †Formica alsatica Théobald, 1937b: 215, pl. 15, figs. 9-13; pl. 4, fig. 3 (q.) FRANCE (Oligocene).
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)
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 215, pl. 15, figs. 9-13; pl. 4, fig. 3 queen described)