Oecophylla bartoniana

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Oecophylla bartoniana
Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle Eocene Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K.
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)