Camponotus microcephalus
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| †Camponotus microcephalus Temporal range: Late Eocene Florissant, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | †C. microcephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Camponotus microcephalus Carpenter, 1930 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from the Florissant, Colorado, United States (Late Eocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †microcephalus. †Camponotus microcephalus Carpenter, 1930: 60, pl. 6, fig. 4; pl. 11, fig. 8 (q.) U.S.A. (Colorado, Florissant, Eocene).
- Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
Description
References
- Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70: 1-66. (page 60, pl. 6, fig. 4; pl. 11, fig. 8 queen described)
