Formicium berryi

†Formicium berryi Temporal range: Early Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Puryear, Tennessee, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formiciinae
Genus:	Formicium
Species:	†F. berryi
Binomial name
†Formicium berryi (Carpenter, 1929)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Puryear, Tennessee, United States (Early Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †berryi. †Eoponera berryi Carpenter, 1929: 301, fig. 1 (wing) U.S.A. (Eocene). Combination in †Formicium: Lutz, 1986: 187; in collective group name †Formicium: Archibald, et al. 2011: 3681.

References

• Archibald, S. B., Mathewes, R. W., Aase, A. 2023. Eocene giant ants, Arctic intercontinental dispersal, and hyperthermals revisited: discovery of fossil Titanomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formiciinae) in the cool uplands of British Columbia, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 155, e6, 1-11 (doi:10.4039/tce.2022.49).
• Carpenter, F. M. 1929. A fossil ant from the Lower Eocene (Wilcox) of Tennessee. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 300-301. (page 301, fig. 1 wing described)
• Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Olschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenb. Leth. 67: 177-218 (page 187, Combination in Formicium)