Formica quadrata
†Formica quadrata Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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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
References
- Holl, F. 1829. Handbuch der Petrefactenkunde. Bd. 2 [part]. Dresden: P. O. Hilschersche Buchhandlung, pp. 117-232. (page 140, no caste given)
- Radchenko, A.G., Perkovsky, E.E., Vasilenko, D.V. 2021. Formica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82, 237–251 (doi:10.3897/jhr.82.64599).