Britaneuretus anglicus

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Britaneuretus anglicus
Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene
Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Aneuretinae
Genus: Britaneuretus
Species: B. anglicus
Binomial name
Britaneuretus anglicus
(Cockerell, 1915)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • anglicus. †Dolichoderus anglicus Cockerell, 1915: 484, pl. 65, fig. 8 (q. wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Isle of Wight, Eocene).
    • Combination in *Britaneuretus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 412.
    • Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1920: 83; Shattuck, 1994: 41; Bolton, 1995b: 172; Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 412 (redescription).

Description

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