Formica antiqua
†Formica antiqua Temporal range: Fossil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †Formica antiqua Dlussky, 1967 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica flori.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †antiqua. †Formica (Serviformica) antiqua Dlussky, 1967b: 82, fig. 1 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Junior synonym of †flori: Dlussky, 2002a: 292.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 191, catalogue)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1967b. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1967(2 2: 80-89 (page 82, fig. 1 worker described)
- Dlussky, G. M. 2002b. Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Russ. Entomol. J. 11: 291-298 (page 292, Junior synonym of flori)