Paraphaenogaster avita

†Paraphaenogaster avita Temporal range: Middle Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Chôjaburu, Iki Island, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Paraphaenogaster
Species:	†P. avita
Binomial name
†Paraphaenogaster avita (Fujiyama, 1970)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Chôjaburu, Iki Island, Japan (Middle Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †avita. †Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) avita Fujiyama, 1970: 67, pl. 15, figs. 2, 3 (q.) JAPAN (Miocene).
  • [Misspelled as axila by Burnham, 1979: 116.]
  • Combination in †Paraphaenogaster: Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2016: 944 (in text).
  • Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 68.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 68, catalogue)
• Fujiyama, I. 1970. Fossil insects from the Chôjabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan. Mem. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 3: 65-74. (page 67, pl. 15, figs. 2, 3 queen described)