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) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Puryear, Tennessee, United States (Early Eocene).
Castes
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.
Description
References
- 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)
