Pachycondyla parvula
†Pachycondyla parvula Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Genus: | Pachycondyla |
Species: | †P. parvula |
Binomial name | |
†Pachycondyla parvula Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †minuta. †Pachycondyla minuta Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 735, fig. 9 (q.) GERMANY (Messel, Eocene).
- [Junior primary homonym of Pachycondyla minuta Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 463.]
- Incertae sedis in Pachycondyla: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 156.
- Replacement name: *Pachycondyla parvula Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015: 142.
- †parvula. †Pachycondyla parvula Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015: 142.
- Replacement name for *Pachycondyla minuta Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 735. [Junior primary homonym of Pachycondyla minuta Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 463.]
Description
References
- Dlussky, G.M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2015. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East). Caucasian Entomoloigcal Bulletin, 11, 131-152.
- Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.