Electroponera
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| †Electroponera Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Electroponera dubia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini (incertae sedis) |
| Genus: | †Electroponera Wheeler, W.M., 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Electroponera dubia | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
Identification
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †ELECTROPONERA [incertae sedis in Ectatomminae: Ectatommini]
- †Electroponera Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 34. Type-species: †Electroponera dubia, by monotypy.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 187, Electroponera in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 176, Incertae sedis in Ectatomminae, Ectatommini)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 78, Electroponera in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Lattke, J. E. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of ectatommine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Scand. 25: 105-119 (page 116, Electroponera in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 34, Type-species: Electroponera dubia, by monotypy.)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 34, Electroponera in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
