Ctenobethylus
†Ctenobethylus Temporal range: 47.8–23.8 Ma Lutetian, Eocene to Chattian, Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Tapinomini |
Genus: | †Ctenobethylus Brues, 1939 |
Type species | |
Ctenobethylus succinalis (junior synonym of Ctenobethylus goepperti) | |
Diversity | |
1 fossil species (Species Checklist) |
Identification
Distribution
This is known from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Belarus amber, near Kobryn, Belarus (Eocene), Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †CTENOBETHYLUS [Dolichoderinae: Tapinomini]
- †Ctenobethylus Brues, 1939: 261 [as member of family Bethylidae]. Type-species: †Ctenobethylus succinalis (junior synonym of Hypoclinea goepperti), by original designation.
- †Ctenobethylus junior synonym of Iridomyrmex: Brown, 1977: 213.
- †Ctenobethylus junior synonym of Liometopum: Shattuck, 1992c: 121.
- †Ctenobethylus revived status as genus: Dlussky, 1997: 58.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 26, Ctenobethylus as junior synonym of Liometopum)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 84, Ctenobethylus in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1977 [1976]. Ctenobethylus (Bethylidae) a new synonym of Iridomyrmex (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 83: 213-215 (page 213, Ctenobethylus in Formicidae; Junior synonym of Iridomyrmex)
- Brues, C. T. 1939. New Oligocene Braconidae and Bethylidae from Baltic amber. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 251-263 (page 261, Ctenobethylus in Bethylidae; Ctenobethylus as genus)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1997a. Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 6: 50-62 (page 58, Ctenobethylus revived status as genus)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1997b. Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 31: 616-627 (page 623, Ctenobethylus as genus)
- Dubovikoff, D.A. 2005. The system of taxon Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 sensu lato (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and relatives genera. Kavkazskii Entomologicheskii Byulleten 1(1): 89-94 (page 91, Combination in Iridomyrmecini)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 17, Ctenobethylus in Formicidae; Junior synonym of Iridomyrmex)
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 121, Ctenobethylus as junior synonym of Liometopum)
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- Baltic amber fossil
- Eocene
- Belarus amber fossil
- Bitterfeld amber fossil
- Danish-Scandinavian amber fossil
- Rovno amber fossil
- Genus
- Extinct genus
- Fossil
- Formicidae
- Dolichoderinae
- Tapinomini
- Ctenobethylus
- Dolichoderinae fossil genera
- Tapinomini fossil genera
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