Camponotus obesus
†Camponotus obesus Temporal range: Late Miocene Joursac, Auvergne, 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. obesus |
Binomial name | |
†Camponotus obesus Piton, 1935 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Joursac, Auvergne, France (Late Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †obesus. †Camponotus obesus Piton, in Piton & Théobald, 1935: 68, pl. 2, fig. 5 (q.) FRANCE (Mio-Pliocene).
- Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
Description
References
- 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).
- Piton, L. & Théobald, N. 1935. La faune entomologique des gisements Mio-Pliocènes du Massif Central. Revue des Sciences Naturelles d'Auvergne (N.S.) 1: 65-104 (Formicidae pp. 68-69).