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Ponera elongatula
| †Ponera elongatula 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: | †Ponera elongatula Heer, 1849 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica ungeri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †elongatula. †Ponera elongatula Heer, 1849: 150, pl. 12, fig. 7 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 150.] Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 22. Formicidae incertae generis: Taylor, 1964: 138. Junior synonym of †ungeri: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 256.
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 150, pl. 12, fig. 7 queen described)
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 22, Combination in Poneropsis)
- Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Formicidae incertae generis)