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Paleosminthurus
| †Paleosminthurus Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | †Paleosminthurus Pierce & Gibron, 1962 |
| Type species | |
| Paleosminthurus juliae (junior synonym of Camponotus festinatus) (Snelling, pers. comm., unpublished)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †PALEOSMINTHURUS [junior synonym of Camponotus]
- †Paleosminthurus Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146. Type-species: †Paleosminthurus juliae (junior synonym of Formica festinata) [Snelling, R.R. pers. com., unpublished], by monotypy [in order Collembola].
- †Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicidae: Najt, 1987: 152; Bolton, 2003: 76.
- †Paleosminthurus junior synonym of Camponotus: Snelling, R.R. (pers. comm., unpublished).
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 187, Paleosminthurus in Paleosminthurinae [provisional subfamily status])
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 14, 311, Paleosminthurus in Paleosminthurinae )
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 76, 263, Paleosminthurus provisional status in Paleosminthurinae)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 18, Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicinae)
- Najt, J. 1987. Le Collembole fossile Paleosminthurus juliae est un Hyménoptère. Rev. Fr. Entomol. (Nouv. Sér.) 9: 152-154 (page 152, Paleosminthurus incertae sedis in Formicidae)
- Pierce, W. D.; Gibron, J.; Sr. 1962. Fossil arthropods of California. 24. Some unusual fossil arthropods from the Calico Mountains nodules. Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 61: 143-151 (page 146, Paleosminthurus as genus [in order Collembola]. )