Gesomyrmex breviceps
†Gesomyrmex breviceps Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Gesomyrmecini |
Genus: | Gesomyrmex |
Species: | †G. breviceps |
Binomial name | |
†Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 |
No formal diagnosis or comparative comments were provided when this species was described, only a key for determination. Head seemingly relatively short in specimen, but fossil is poorly preserved and taphonomic sample is limited. Aria et al. (2023) consider this species as species inquirenda.
Identification
Gesomyrmex breviceps, Gesomyrmex flavescens and Gesomyrmex pulcher have relatively disparate morphometrics and are not easily distinguished, complicated by the lack of original diagnoses (Aria et al., 2023).
Distribution
This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †breviceps. †Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009: 11, figs. 4B, 6F (q.) GERMANY.
Description
References
- Aria, C., Jouault, C., Perrichot, V., Nel, A. 2023. The megathermal ant genus Gesomyrmex (Formicidae: Formicinae), palaeoindicator of wide latitudinal biome homogeneity during the PETM. Geological Magazine, 1–11 (doi:10.1017/s0016756822001248).
- Dlussky, G.M., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S. 2009. Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa 2031: 1-20 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2031.1.1).