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Solenopsis superba
| †Solenopsis superba 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. superba |
| Binomial name | |
| †Solenopsis superba (Förster, 1891) | |
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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.
- †superba. †Attopsis superba Förster, 1891: 445, pl. 13, fig. 15 (m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
- Combination in Solenopsis: Théobald, 1937b: 203.
- Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 877; Théobald, 1937b: 203; Burnham, 1979: 111; Bolton, 1995b: 391.
- Senior synonym of *extensa: Théobald, 1937b: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 391.
Description
References
- Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abh. Geol. Spezialkt. Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333-594 (page 445, pl. 13, fig. 15 male described)
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 203, Combination in Solenopsis, and senior synonym of extensa)