Discothyrea gigas
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| †Discothyrea gigas Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | †D. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| †Discothyrea gigas De Andrade, 1998
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †gigas. †Discothyrea gigas De Andrade, 1998b: 205, figs. 1-3, 5, 6 (w.q.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
Material: Coll. POINAR, Oregon State University, no. H-10-178-A.
Description
References
- De Andrade, M. L. 1998c. First fossil records of the ant genus Discothyrea in Dominican and Mexican amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragm. Entomol. 30: 201-214. (page 205, figs. 1-3, 5, 6 worker, queen described)
