Camponotus compactus
†Camponotus compactus Temporal range: Early Oligocene Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | †C. compactus |
Binomial name | |
†Camponotus compactus Förster, 1891 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Brunstatt, Haut-Rhin, France (Early Oligocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †compactus. †Camponotus compactus Förster, 1891: 431, pl. 13, fig. 5 (q.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
- Status as species: Handlirsch, 1907: 867; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
- Förster, B. 1891. Die Insekten des "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abh. Geol. Spezialkt. Elsass-Lothringen 3: 333-594 (page 431, pl.13 fig. 5 queen described)
- 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).