Camponotus shanwangensis
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| †Camponotus shanwangensis Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | †C. shanwangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Camponotus shanwangensis Hong, 1984 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †shanwangensis. †Camponotus shanwangense Hong, 1984: 9, pl. 1, fig. 5; pl. 3, fig. 4 (q.) CHINA (Shandong, Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Hong & Weng, 1985: 11 (attributed to Hong, 1983).]
- Status as species: Zhang, J. 1989: 300; Bolton, 1995b: 124.
Description
References
- Hong, Y.-C. 1984 [1983]. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bull. Tianjin Inst. Geol. Miner. Resour. 8: 1-12 (page 9, pl. 1, fig. 5; pl. 3, fig. 4 queen described)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 300, see also)
