Paraphaenogaster dumetorum

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Paraphaenogaster dumetorum
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Shanwang, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Paraphaenogaster
Species: P. dumetorum
Binomial name
Paraphaenogaster dumetorum
(Lin, 1982)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • dumetorum. †Rectorhagas dumetorum Lin, 1982: page? CHINA (Miocene) (Ichneumonidae) [reference not seen].
    • [Note: as member of family Braconidae: Lin reference, not seen.]
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Zhang, J., Sun & Zhang, 1994: 162.
    • Combination in Paraphaenogaster: Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2016: 944 (in text).
    • Status as species: Zhang, J., Sun & Zhang, 1994: 162 (redescription).

Description

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