Formica kutscheri

†Formica kutscheri Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	†F. kutscheri
Binomial name
†Formica kutscheri Dlussky, 2008

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bitterfeld amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †kutscheri. †Formica kutscheri Dlussky, 2008a: 52, figs. 4a-b (w.) BITTERFELD AMBER.

References

• Radchenko, A.G., Perkovsky, E.E., Vasilenko, D.V. 2021. Formica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82, 237–251 (doi:10.3897/jhr.82.64599).