Myrmica molassica
†Myrmica molassica Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Myrmicini |
Genus: | Myrmica |
Species: | †M. molassica |
Binomial name | |
†Myrmica molassica Heer, 1849 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †molassica. †Myrmica molassica Heer, 1849: 162, pl. 13, fig. 6 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 162.] Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494.