Palaeosminthurus

†Paleosminthurus; Temporal range: Burdigalian to Langhian, Early to Middle Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Barstow Formation, California, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	†Paleosminthurus; Pierce & Gibron, 1962
Type species
	Paleosminthurus juliae;
Diversity
	1 fossil species; (Species Checklist)

For details concerning the status of this genus, see Paleosminthurus juliae, the sole species known from this genus.

Identification

This taxon was described from Barstow Formation, California, United States (Burdigalian to Langhian, Early to Middle Miocene).

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

†PALEOSMINTHURUS [junior synonym of Camponotus]
- †Paleosminthurus Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146. Type-species: †Paleosminthurus juliae, by monotypy [in order Collembola].
- †Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicidae: Najt, 1987: 152; Bolton, 2003: 76.
- †Paleosminthurus junior synonym of Camponotus: Snelling, R.R. (pers. comm., unpublished).
- †Paleosminthurus as genus: Boudinot et al., 2024: 144.

Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 187, Paleosminthurus in Paleosminthurinae [provisional subfamily status])
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 14, 311, Paleosminthurus in Paleosminthurinae )
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 76, 263, Paleosminthurus provisional status in Paleosminthurinae)
Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 18, Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicinae)
Najt, J. 1987. Le Collembole fossile Paleosminthurus juliae est un Hyménoptère. Rev. Fr. Entomol. (Nouv. Sér.) 9: 152-154 (page 152, Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicidae)
Pierce, W. D.; Gibron, J.; Sr. 1962. Fossil arthropods of California. 24. Some unusual fossil arthropods from the Calico Mountains nodules. Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 61: 143-151 (page 146, Paleosminthurus as genus [in order Collembola]. )