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Ponerites eocenicus
| †Ponerites eocenicus Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ponerites |
| Species: | †P. eocenicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Green River Formation, Colorado, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †eocenicus. †Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 423, fig. 21 (q.) U.S.A. (Eocene).
Description
References
- Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 423, fig. 21, queen described)