Ponerites eocenicus

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Ponerites eocenicus
Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ponerites
Species: P. eocenicus
Binomial name
Ponerites eocenicus
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Green River Formation, Colorado, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • eocenicus. †Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 423, fig. 21 (q.) U.S.A. (Eocene).

Description

References

  • Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 423, fig. 21, queen described)