Liometopum imhoffii

†Liometopum imhoffii; Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Radoboj, Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Liometopum
Species:	†L. imhoffii
Binomial name
	†Liometopum imhoffii; (Heer, 1849)
Synonyms
	Formica schmidtii Heer, 1849; Ponera affinis Heer, 1849; Ponera fuliginosa Heer, 1849; Poneropsis lugubris Heer, 1867; Poneropsis lugubris minor Heer, 1867; Poneropsis livida Heer, 1867; Poneropsis morio Heer, 1867; Poneropsis morio pallens Heer, 1867;

Identification

Distribution

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

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Nomenclature

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

†imhoffii. †Formica imhoffii Heer, 1849: 138, pl. 10, fig. 10 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 138.] Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 24; in Liometopum: Mayr, 1867b: 55. Senior synonym of †schmidtii: Mayr, 1867b: 56; of †affinis, lugubris, minor, livida, morio, pallens: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245. Included by Taylor, 1964: 138 as FORMICIDAE, incertae generis. Combination in Liometopum: Shattuck, 1994: 129.
†affinis. †Ponera affinis Heer, 1849: 147, pl. 12, fig. 2 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 147.] Formicidae incertae sedis: Taylor, 1964: 138. Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 19; in Liometopum: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245. Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†fuliginosa. †Ponera fuliginosa Heer, 1849: 145, pl. 12, fig. 1 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 145.] Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1867b: 57; Scudder, 1891: 688; Handlirsch, 1907: 874; in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 19; Taylor, 1964: 138; in Liometopum: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245. Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†lugubris. †Poneropsis lugubris Heer, 1867: 21, pl. 1, fig. 23 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†minor. †Poneropsis lugubris var. minor Heer, 1867: 21 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†livida. †Poneropsis livida Heer, 1867: 25, pl. 2, fig. 5 (q.) CROATIA. Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1867b: 57. Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†morio. †Poneropsis morio Heer, 1867: 26, pl. 2, fig. 6 (caste?) CROATIA (Miocene). Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†pallens. †Poneropsis morio subsp. pallens Heer, 1867: 267, pl. 2, fig. 6 (caste?) CROATIA (Miocene). Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
†schmidtii. †Formica schmidtii Heer, 1849: 138, pl. 11, fig. 5 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 138.] Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 24. Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Mayr, 1867b: 56.

Description

References

Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 138, pl. 10, fig. 10 male described)
Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 24, Combination in Poneropsis)
Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 55, Combination in Liometopum)
Mayr, G. 1867b. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 56, Senior synonym of schmidtii)
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112:i-xix, 1-241. (page 129, Combination in Liometopum)
Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Included as Formicidae, incertae generis)