Emplastus britannicus

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Emplastus britannicus
Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene
Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Emplastus
Species: E. britannicus
Binomial name
Emplastus britannicus
(Cockerell, 1915)

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Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • britannicus. †Dolichoderus britannicus Cockerell, 1915: 483, pl. 65, figs. 6, 7 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
    • Combination in †Emplastus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
    • Senior synonym of †emeryi, †ovigerus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
  • emeryi. †Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe, 1920: 86, pl. 5, fig. 5 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
    • Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
  • ovigerus. †Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915: 484, pl. 65, fig. 9 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
    • Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.

Description

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