Solenopsis foersteri

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Solenopsis foersteri
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. foersteri
Binomial name
Solenopsis foersteri
Théobald, 1937

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • foersteri. †Solenopsis foersteri Théobald, 1937b: 203, pl. 14, fig. 5 (m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 111; Bolton, 1995b: 387.

Description

References

  • Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 203, pl. 14, fig. 5 male described)