Taxa Described in 1854

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The following genus was described in 1854 (see all years)

Taxon Name Subfamily Tribe Author Type Species Fossil Fossil Age Species Count Notes
Formicium Formiciinae Westwood Formicium brodiei Yes 55–37 Ma Early Eocene to Bartonian, Middle Eocene 3

The following 5 species/subspecies were described in 1854 (see all years)

Taxon Name Subfamily Tribe Genus Species Subspecies Author Type Locality Country Fossil Fossil Age Notes
Formicium brodiei Formiciinae Formicium brodiei Westwood Yes Middle Eocene Isle of Purbeck (Durlston Bay), Dorset, U.K.
Myrmica denticornis Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica denticornis Curtis Synonym, see Myrmica lobicornis
Myrmica longiscapus Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica longiscapus Curtis Synonym, see Myrmica rubra
Myrmica perelegans Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica perelegans Curtis Synonym, see Myrmica sulcinodis
Temnothorax albipennis Myrmicinae Crematogastrini Temnothorax albipennis Curtis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland