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Temnothorax placivus
| †Temnothorax placivus Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | †T. placivus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Temnothorax placivus (Wheeler, W.M., 1915) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †placivus. †Leptothorax placivus Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 66 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
- Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 66, worker described)