Formica pinguis

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

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

Nomenclature

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

• †pinguis. †Formica pinguis Heer, 1849: 110, pl. 8, figs. 3, 4 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 110.] Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 51. Junior synonym of †obesa: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 252.

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 110, pl. 8, figs. 3, 4 queen 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 51, Combination in Camponotus)