Paraphaenogaster lapidescens
†Paraphaenogaster lapidescens Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Paraphaenogaster |
Species: | †P. lapidescens |
Binomial name | |
†Paraphaenogaster lapidescens (Zhang, J., 1989) |
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.
- †lapidescens. †Aphaenogaster (Sinaphaenogaster) lapidescens Zhang, 1989: 269, fig. 272 (q.) CHINA (Miocene).
- Combination in †Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.
Description
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.
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 269, queen described)