Imhoffia pallida
†Imhoffia pallida Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Imhoffia |
Species: | †I. pallida |
Binomial name | |
†Imhoffia pallida Heer, 1867 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene) and is also known from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †pallida. †Imhoffia pallida Heer, 1867: 28, pl. 2, fig. 9 (q.?) SWITZERLAND (Miocene)
Description
References
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 28, pl. 2, fig. 9 queen ? described)