Camponotus shanwangensis

†Camponotus shanwangensis Temporal range: Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Shanwang, China
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

Distribution

This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).

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.

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)
• 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).
• Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 300, see also)