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Formica demersa
| †Formica demersa Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | †F. demersa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Formica demersa Heer, 1849 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †demersa. †Formica demersa Heer, 1849: 140, pl.11, fig. 7 (m.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 140.]
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 194, catalogue)
- Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 140, pl. 11, fig. 7 male described)