Formica macrocephala

†Formica macrocephala Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	†Formica macrocephala Heer, 1849

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius ophthalmicus.

Nomenclature

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

• †macrocephala. †Formica macrocephala Heer, 1849: 125, pl. 9, fig. 10 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene).
  • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 125.]
  • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica macrocephala Erichson, 1842: 259 (Bolton, 1995b: 198).]
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 201; Handlirsch, 1907: 864; Bolton, 1995b: 198.
  • Junior synonym of †ophthalmicus: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 262.

References

• 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 125, pl. 9, fig. 10 queen described)