Leptomyrmula maravignae
†Leptomyrmula maravignae Temporal range: Late/Upper Miocene Sicilian amber, Italy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Leptomyrmula |
Species: | †L. maravignae |
Binomial name | |
†Leptomyrmula maravignae (Emery, 1891) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †maravignae. †Leptomyrmex maravignae Emery, 1891a: 152, pl. 2, fig. 22 (m.) SICILIAN AMBER (Oligocene). Combination in †Leptomyrmula: Emery, 1913a: 16 (footnote).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1891b. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)1:141-165 (page 152, pl. 2, fig. 22 male described)
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 16, (footnote) Combination in Leptomyrmula)