Cyrtopone
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†Cyrtopone Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene Messel, Germany | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | †Cyrtopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 |
Type species | |
Cyrtopone microcephala | |
Diversity | |
4 fossil species (Species Checklist, Species by Country) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †CYRTOPONE [Ponerinae]
- †Cyrtopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 742. Type-species: †Cyrtopone microcephala, by original designation.
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: 725-753.