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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †gigas. †Discothyrea gigas De Andrade, 1998b: 205, figs. 1-3, 5, 6 (w.q.) DOMINICAN AMBER (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)
