Klondikia whiteae

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Klondikia whiteae
Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Uncertain
Genus: Klondikia
Species: K. whiteae
Binomial name
Klondikia whiteae
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • whiteae. †Klondikia whiteae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003: 427, figs. 35, 36 (m.) U.S.A. (Eocene).

Description

References

  • Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 427, figs. 35, 36 male, queen described)