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Formica lucida
| †Formica lucida Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | †F. lucida |
| Binomial name | |
| †Formica lucida Giebel, 1856 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †lucida. †Formica lucida Giebel, 1856: 163 (q.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Mayr, 1868c: 19, suggests that this taxon should be transferred to family BRACONIDAE.]
Description
References
- Giebel, C. G. 1856. Fauna der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Thiere. Monographisch dargestellt. Zweiter Band. Gliederthiere. Erste Abtheilung. Insecten und Spinnen. Leipzig: Brockhaus, xviii + 511 pp. (page 163, queen described)