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Technomyrmex septentrionalis
| †Technomyrmex septentrionalis Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Technomyrmex |
| Species: | †T. septentrionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Technomyrmex septentrionalis Zhang, J., 1989 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †septentrionalis. †Technomyrmex septentrionalis Zhang, 1989: 277, fig. 279 (m.?) CHINA (Miocene). Incertae sedis in Technomyrmex: Bolton, 2007a: 123.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Bolton (2007) - The fossil is an impression in rock and displays a venation pattern that is common to alates of many dolichoderine genera. No petiole can be seen in the sketchy illustration but the gaster is shown with only four tergites. There is no clear evidence that placement within Technomyrmex is correct and the species is ceratinly best regarded as incertae sedis in the genus.
Type Material
Bolton (2007) - Holotype queen (?). China: Shanwang, Shandong.
References
- Adams, R.M.M., Jones, T.H., Jeter, A.W., De Fine Licht, H.H., Schultz, T.R., Nash, D.R. 2012. A comparative study of exocrine gland chemistry in Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 40:91–97 (doi:10.1016/j.bse.2011.10.011).
- Bolton, B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema). Paleontological Journal, 56(4), 412–425 (doi:10.1134/s0031030122040086).
- Perrichot, V., Boudinot, B.E., Engel, M.S., Xu, C., Bojarski, B., Szwedo, J. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2022, zlac053 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac053).
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 277, fig. 279 male? described)