Oecophylla bartoniana
†Oecophylla bartoniana Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle Eocene Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Oecophyllini |
Genus: | Oecophylla |
Species: | †O. bartoniana |
Binomial name | |
†Oecophylla bartoniana Cockerell, 1920 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. (Bartonian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †bartoniana. †Oecophylla bartoniana Cockerell, 1920: 277, pl. 16, fig. 4 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene).
Description
References
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(5): 273-279 (page 277, pl. 16, fig. 4 wing described)
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2021. Distribution and differentiation of fossil Oecophylla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species by wing imprints. Paleontological Journal 55(1), 76–89 (doi:10.1134/s003103012101010x).