Ponerites elongatus
†Ponerites elongatus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Ponerites |
Species: | †P. elongatus |
Binomial name | |
†Ponerites elongatus (Heer, 1867) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †elongatus. †Poneropsis elongata Heer, 1867: 19, pl. 1, fig. 21 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). Formicidae incertae generis: Taylor, 1964: 138. Combination in Ponerites: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 269.
Description
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 19, pl. 1, fig. 21 queen described)
- Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Formicidae incertae generis)