Anochetus corayi
†Anochetus corayi 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. corayi |
Binomial name | |
†Anochetus corayi Baroni Urbani, 1980 |
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.
- †corayi. †Anochetus corayi Baroni Urbani, 1980c: 2, figs. 1-4 (q.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
- Status as species: Keilbach, 1982: 274; Brandão, 1991: 325; De Andrade, 1994: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 64.
Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-834-K-1.
Description
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1980c. Anochetus corayi n. sp., the first fossil Odontomachiti ant. (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. II: Odontomachiti). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 55: 1-6. 55: 1-6 (page 2, figs. 1-4 queen described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 64, c*Larabee, F.J., Suarez, A.V. 2014. The evolution and functional morphology of trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 20: 25-36.
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