Formica pinguicula
†Formica pinguicula Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | †Formica pinguicula Heer, 1849 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus induratus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †pinguicula. †Formica pinguicula Heer, 1849: 118, pl. 9, fig. 9; pl. 11, fig. 4 (m.) GERMANY (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 118.]
- Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 52;
- incertae sedis in Formica: Handlirsch, 1907: 866.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 165; Heer, 1867: 10; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 693, 706; Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- Junior synonym of †induratus: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249.
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- 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 118, pl. 9, fig. 9; pl. 11, fig. 4 male described)
- Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 52, Combination in Camponotus)