Formica primitiva

†Formica primitiva Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Oeningen, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	†F. primitiva
Binomial name
†Formica primitiva Heer, 1849

Distribution

This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †primitiva. †Formica primitiva Heer, 1849: 139, pl. 11, fig. 6 (m.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 139.]

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 139, pl. 11, fig. 6 male described)