Cephalopone potens

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Cephalopone potens
Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene
Messel, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Genus: Cephalopone
Species: C. potens
Binomial name
Cephalopone potens
Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • potens. †Cephalopone potens Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 741, fig. 18 (q.) GERMANY (Eocene).

Description

References

  • Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.