Aphaenogaster amphioceanica
†Aphaenogaster amphioceanica Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species: | †A. amphioceanica |
Binomial name | |
†Aphaenogaster amphioceanica De Andrade, 1995 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †amphioceanica. †Aphaenogaster amphioceanica De Andrade, 1995: 4, figs. 1, 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-4629-B.
Description
References
- De Andrade, M. L. 1995. The ant genus Aphaenogaster in Dominican and Mexican amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IX: Pheidolini). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B (Geol. Paläontol.) 223: 1-11 (page 4, figs. 1, 3 worker described)