Formica quadrata

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Formica quadrata
Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. quadrata
Binomial name
Formica quadrata
Holl, 1829

Radchenko et al. (2021) question the placement of this taxon within the genus Formica. They note that based on the original description, F. quadrata cannot be unambiguously assigned to any ant genus, and we agree with its exclusion from Formica.

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • quadrata. †Formica quadrata Holl, 1829: 140 (no caste given) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).

Description

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