Camponotites theobaldi
†Camponotites theobaldi Temporal range: Chattian stage, Late Oligocene Aix-en-Provence, France | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Camponotites |
Species: | †C. theobaldi |
Binomial name | |
†Camponotites theobaldi (Özdikmen, 2010) | |
Synonyms | |
Boudinot et al. (2024) - These fossils could be considered unidentifiable to species, hence invalid, but are here treated as incertae sedis in Camponotus to highlight their existence. Critically, because of the lack of morphological information, it is possible that a number of these taxa belong to other genera of Camponotini (see Ward et al. (2016) and Ward & Boudinot (2021)). Reexamination of the original material is necessary in all cases (Boudinot et al. (2024), Note 11).
To prevent the uncritical usage of unidentifiable fossils attributed to Camponotus for macroevolutionary analysis, this species has been transferred to the form genus Camponotites. A form genus is a classificatory category used for fossils which are similar in appearance but cannot be reliably assigned to an established genus, in this case Camponotus. See Camponotites for further justification for this treatment. Until then, it is placed within Camponotites, noting that the taxa placed within this genus are unlikely to be closely related to each other.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Aix-en-Provence, France (Late Oligocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †saussurei. †Camponotus saussurei Théobald, 1937b: 316, pl. 25, fig. 15 (m.) FRANCE (Oligocene).
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879a: 103 (Bolton, 1995b: 122).]
- Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 122.
- Replacement name: †Camponotus theobaldi Özdikmen, 2010a: 534.
- Combination in Camponotites: Boudinot et al., 2024: 145.
- †theobaldi. †Camponotus theobaldi Özdikmen, 2010a: 534.
- Replacement name for †Camponotus saussurei Théobald, 1937b: 316. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879a: 103.]
Description
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema). Paleontological Journal, 56(4), 412–425 (doi:10.1134/s0031030122040086).
- Stukalyuk, S.V., Kozyr, M.S., Netsvetov, M.V., Zhuravlev, V.V. 2020. Effect of the invasive phanerophytes and associated aphids on the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) assemblages. Halteres 11: 56-89 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4192900).
- Théobald, N. 1937b. Notes complémentaire sur les insectes fossiles oligocènes des gypses d'Aix-en-Provence. Bull. Mens. Soc. Sci. Nancy (n.s.5) 6: 157-178