Emplastus antiquus

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Emplastus antiquus
Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Emplastus
Species: E. antiquus
Binomial name
Emplastus antiquus
(Mayr, 1867)

Dlussky-&-Putyatina 2014-42Emplastus-antiquus.jpg

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • antiquus. †Liometopum antiquum Mayr, 1867b: 60, pl. fig. 10 (q.) YUGOSLAVIA (Miocene).
    • Combination in †Emplastus: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 242.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 163; Handlirsch, 1907: 870; Shattuck, 1994: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 247; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 242 (redescription).

Description

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