Formica sepulta
†Formica sepulta Temporal range: Chattian stage, Late Oligocene Aix-en-Provence, France | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. sepulta |
Binomial name | |
†Formica sepulta Théobald, 1937 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Aix-en-Provence, France (Late Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †sepulta. †Formica sepulta Théobald, 1937b: 319, pl. 15, fig. 14; pl. 25, fig. 16; pl. 26, fig. 16 (q.m.) FRANCE (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 319, pl. 15, fig. 14; pl. 25, fig. 16; pl. 26, fig. 16 queen, male described)