Pachycondyla calcarea
†Pachycondyla calcarea Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Pachycondyla |
Species: | †P. calcarea |
Binomial name | |
†Pachycondyla calcarea (Théobald, 1937) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †calcarea. †Euponera calcarea Théobald, 1937b: 198, pl. 4, fig. 8; pl. 13, figs. 17, 18 (q.m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Bolton, 1995b: 303;
- incertae sedis in Pachycondyla: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
- Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 303, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 198, pl. 4, fig. 8, p. 13, figs. 17, 18 queen, male described)