Paraphaenogaster jurinei

†Paraphaenogaster jurinei Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Radoboj, Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Paraphaenogaster
Species:	†P. jurinei
Binomial name
†Paraphaenogaster jurinei (Heer, 1849)
Synonyms
Myrmica concinna Heer, 1867

Distribution

This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †jurinei. †Myrmica jurinei Heer, 1849: 163, pl. 13, fig. 8 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene).
  • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 163.]
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494.
  • Combination in †Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 273.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1867b: 59; Dalla Torre, 1893: 110; Handlirsch, 1907: 875; Bolton, 1995b: 280; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 273 (redescription).
  • Senior synonym of †concinna: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 273.
• †concinna. †Myrmica concinna Heer, 1867: 32, pl. 2, fig. 13 (caste?) CROATIA (Miocene).
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 278.
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Handlirsch, 1907: 875; Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494.
  • Junior synonym of †jurinei: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.

References

• Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
• Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 163, pl.13, fig. 8 queen described)
• Jessen, K. 2020. New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Upper Oligocene of Enspel (Westerwald Mountains, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 100:1007–1045.  doi:10.1007/s12549-019-00406-2
• Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 59, see also)