Anochetus conisquamis
†Anochetus conisquamis Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Anochetus |
Species: | †A. conisquamis |
Binomial name | |
†Anochetus conisquamis De Andrade, 1994 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †conisquamis. †Anochetus conisquamis De Andrade, 1994: 22, fig. 20 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 64.
Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-3955.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 64, catalogue)
- De Andrade, M. L. 1994c. Fossil Odontomachiti ants from the Dominican Republic (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 199: 1-28 (page 22, worker described)