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Camponotus vetus
| †Camponotus vetus Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | †C. vetus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Camponotus vetus Scudder, 1877 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Green River Formation, Colorado, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †vetus. †Camponotus vetus Scudder, 1877a: 742 (q.?) U.S.A. (Colorado or Utah, White River, Eocene).
- Status as species: Scudder, 1891: 693; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Handlirsch, 1907: 867; Carpenter, 1930: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 129.
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).
- Scudder, S. H. 1877b. The first discovered traces of fossil insects in the American Tertiaries. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territ. 3: 741-762 (page 742, queen ? described)