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Nesomyrmex caritatis
| †Nesomyrmex caritatis Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
| Species: | †N. caritatis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nesomyrmex caritatis (De Andrade, 1999)
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †caritatis. †Leptothorax caritatis De Andrade, in De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999: 134, figs. 1, 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 272, Combination in Nesomyrmex)
- De Andrade, M. L. 1999a. [Untitled. Leptothorax caritatis and Leptothorax dominicanus, new species attributed to de Andrade.] Pp. 135-139 in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Wagensberg, J. Two new species of Leptothorax "Nesomyrmex" fossils in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Beitr. Entomol. 49:133-140. 49: 133-140 (page 134, figs. 1, 3 worker described)