Formicium berryi
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| †Formicium berryi Temporal range: Early Eocene Puryear, Tennessee, United States | |
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| 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) | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from the United States.
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †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.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1929. A fossil ant from the Lower Eocene (Wilcox) of Tennessee. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 300-301 PDF (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)
