Formicium mirabile

†Formicium mirabile Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formiciinae
Genus:	Formicium
Species:	†F. mirabile
Binomial name
†Formicium mirabile (Cockerell, 1920)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. (Bartonian, Middle Eocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †mirabile. †Megapterites mirabilis Cockerell, 1920: 278, fig. 3 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). Combination in †Formicium: Lutz, 1990: 61; 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).
• Cockerell, T. D. A. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(5): 273-279 (page 278, fig. 3 wing described)
• Lutz, H. 1990. Systematische und palökologische Untersuchungen an Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt. Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenb. 124: 1-165 (page 61, Combination in Formicium)