Solenopsis privata
†Solenopsis privata Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France | |
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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)