Formica maculipennis

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Formica maculipennis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Auxillac, Auvergne, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. maculipennis
Binomial name
Formica maculipennis
Théobald, 1935

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Auxillac, Auvergne, France (Early Oligocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • maculipennis. †Formica maculipennis Théobald, in Théobald & Piton, 1935: 91, pl. 5, fig. 1 (wing) FRANCE (Miocene).

Description

References

  • Théobald, N. 1935c. [Untitled. Formica maculipennis N. Théobald nov. spec.]. P. 91 in: Piton, L., Théobald, N. La faune entomologique des gisements Mio-Pliocènes du Massif Central. Rev. Sci. Nat. Auvergne (n.s.)1:65-104. (page 91, pl. 5, fig. 1 wing described)