Camponotus mengei
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| †Camponotus mengei Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | †C. mengei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Camponotus mengei Mayr, 1868 | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †igneus. †Camponotus igneus Mayr, 1868c: 28, pl. 1, figs. 9, 10 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Junior synonym of †mengei: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 138.
- †mengei. †Camponotus mengei Mayr, 1868c: 27, pl. 1, figs. 1, 8 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Senior synonym of †igneus: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 138.
Description
References
- Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 27, pl. 1, figs. 1, 8 worker described)
- Perkovsky, E.E. 2016. Tropical and Holoarctic ants in late Eocene ambers. Vestnik zoologii, 50(2): 111–122 (DOI 10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 138, Senior synonym of igneus)
