Aphaenogaster amphioceanica

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Aphaenogaster amphioceanica
Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: A. amphioceanica
Binomial name
Aphaenogaster amphioceanica
De Andrade, 1995

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Aphaenogaster amphioceanica SMNSDO4629 03.jpg

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.

  • amphioceanica. †Aphaenogaster amphioceanica De Andrade, 1995: 4, figs. 1, 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).

Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-4629-B.

Description

References

  • De Andrade, M. L. 1995. The ant genus Aphaenogaster in Dominican and Mexican amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IX: Pheidolini). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 223: 1-11 (page 4, figs. 1, 3 worker described)