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Ponera minuta
| †Ponera minuta Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Genus: | Ponera |
| Species: | †P. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ponera minuta Donisthorpe, 1920 | |
This genus has been transferred to the family Agaonidae.
Distribution
This taxon was described from Great Britain (Oligocene).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †minuta. †Ponera minuta Donisthorpe, 1920: 85, pl. 5, fig. 4 (m.?) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Formicidae: Taylor, 1964: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 361.
- Excluded from Formicidae; transferred to family Agaonidae: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 433.
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 85, pl. 5, fig. 4 male? described)
- Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 139, Formicidae incertae generis)