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Lasius terreus
| †Lasius terreus Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | Eoformica |
| Species: | †Lasius terreus Scudder, 1878 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Eoformica pinguis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †terreus. †Lasius terreus Scudder, 1878: 747 (w.) U.S.A. (Eocene). [Carpenter, 1930: 19 has this as incertae sedis in Formicidae.] Junior synonym of †pinguis: Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 425.
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66 (page 19, incertae sedis in Formicidae)
- Scudder, S. H. 1878. The fossil insects of the Green River shales. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ. 4: 747-776 (page 747, worker described)