Shanwangella

†Shanwangella Temporal range: Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Shanwang, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	†Shanwangella Zhang, J., 1989
Type species
Shanwangella palaeoptera, now Liometopum palaeopterum

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Liometopum.

Nomenclature

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

• †SHANWANGELLA [Dolichoderinae]
  • †Shanwangella Zhang, J. 1989: 307. Type-species: †Shanwangella palaeoptera, by original designation.
  • †Shanwangella junior synonym of Camponotus: Hong & Wu, 2000: 20.
  • †Shanwangella in Dolichoderinae: Perfilieva, 2022: 419.
  • †Shanwangella as genus: Perfilieva, 2022: 419.
  • †Shanwangella junior synonym of Liometopum: Boudinot et al., 2024: 144.

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 112, Shanwangella as junior synonym of Camponotus)
• Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
• Hong, Y.; Wu, J. 2000. The emendation of Shanwangella palaeoptera Zhang and its concerned problems. Geoscience (Beijing) 14: 15-20 (page 20, Shanwangella as junior synonym of Camponotus)
• Perfilieva, K.S. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema). Paleontological Journal, 56(4), 412–425 (doi:10.1134/s0031030122040086).
• Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 307, Shanwangella as genus)