Solenopsis privata

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Solenopsis privata
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. privata
Binomial name
Solenopsis privata
(Förster, 1891)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France (Early Oligocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • privata. †Attopsis privata Förster, 1891: 444, pl. 13, fig. 14 (q.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • Combination in Solenopsis: Théobald, 1937b: 201.
    • Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 877; Théobald, 1937b: 201; Bolton, 1995b: 390.

Description

References

  • Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abh. Geol. Spezialkt. Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333-594 (page 444, pl. 13, fig. 14 queen described)
  • Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 201, Combination in Solenopsis)