Myrmica minor

†Myrmica minor Temporal range: Serravallian, Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Parschlug, Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	†M. minor
Binomial name
†Myrmica minor Heer, 1849

Here I count a Parschlug wing that is only 3 3/8 lin. long and 1 3/8 lin. is wide, that is, smaller than the previous one[Myrmica obsoleta], but is identical in shape and shape to the same. It is almost the same size as the wing of the following species [Myrmica rugiceps, now Carebara rugiceps], but wider. Perhaps this belongs to a male, the previous to a female of the same species. (Heer, 1849, translated from German)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Parschlug, Austria (Serravallian, Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †minor. †Myrmica obsoleta var. minor Heer, 1849: 160, pl. 13, fig. 3b (m?.) AUSTRIA (Miocene).
  • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 160.]
  • Subspecies of †obsoleta: Dalla Torre, 1893: 113.
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica.

References

• [[Media:Die insektenfauna der tertiärgebilde.pdf|Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + *Schifani, E., Csősz, S., Viviano, R., Alicata, A. 2021. Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands: on the presence or absence of 28 species in Sicily (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Natural History Sciences 8, 55–70 (doi:10.4081/nhs.2021.532).

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