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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †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.
