Formica ovala
†Formica ovala Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. ovala |
Binomial name | |
†Formica ovala Zhang, J., 1989 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ovala. †Formica ovala Zhang, 1989: 289, figs. 290, 291 (m.) CHINA (Miocene).
Description
References
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 289, fig. 290, 291 male described)