Camponotus induratus

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Camponotus induratus
Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. induratus
Binomial name
Camponotus induratus
(Heer, 1849)

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Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene) and Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • induratus. †Formica indurata Heer, 1849: 116, pl. 11, fig. 2 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene).
    • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 116.]
    • [Note: holotype is a q., not a m.: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 250 (in text).]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 52.
    • Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 164; Heer, 1867: 8; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 692, 701; Dalla Torre, 1893: 236; Handlirsch, 1907: 868; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249 (redescription).
    • Senior synonym of †pinguicula: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249.
  • pinguicula. †Formica pinguicula Heer, 1849: 118, pl. 9, fig. 9; pl. 11, fig. 4 (m.) GERMANY (Miocene).
    • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 118.]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1867b: 52;
    • incertae sedis in Formica: Handlirsch, 1907: 866.
    • Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 165; Heer, 1867: 10; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 693, 706; Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
    • Junior synonym of †induratus: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 249.

Description

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