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Formica gracilis
| †Formica gracilis Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | †Formica gracilis Heer, 1867 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Ponerites gracilior.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gracilis. Formica gracilis Heer, 1867: 7, pl. 1, fig. 3 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Junior primary homonym of gracilis Fabricius, 1804: 405.] Replacement name: Ponerites gracilior Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 269.
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 7, pl. 1, fig. 3 queen described)