Paraphaenogaster tertiaria

†Paraphaenogaster tertiaria 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. tertiaria
Binomial name
†Paraphaenogaster tertiaria (Heer, 1849)
Synonyms
Myrmica bicolor 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.

• †tertiaria. †Myrmica tertiaria Heer, 1849: 159, pl. 13, fig. 1 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 159.] Senior synonym of †bicolor: Dalla Torre, 1893: 117. See also: Mayr, 1867b: 58. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494; in Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.
• †bicolor. †Myrmica bicolor Heer, 1867: 31, pl. 2, fig. 11 (q.?) CROATIA (Miocene). Junior synonym of †tertiaria: Dalla Torre, 1893: 117. See also: Mayr, 1867b: 60.

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 117, Senior synonym of bicolor)
• 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 159, pl.13, fig. 1 queen described)
• 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 58, see also)