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Formica gibbosa
| †Formica gibbosa Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | †F. gibbosa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822 | |
Radchenko et al. (2021) question the placement of this taxon within the genus Formica. They note that F. gibbosa is too large: ca. 10.5 mm, its head is ovoid (“ovoideum”) and the mesosoma is extremely elevated (“Thorax ovoideus, eximie elevates”).
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †gibbosa. †Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822: 197 (no caste) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Unresolved junior primary homonym of gibbosa Latreille, 1798: 50 (Bolton, 1995b: 196).]
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Syntype workers. SRI LANKA, Puwakpitiya (E. Bugnion), Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève (examined).
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:255-317.
- Presl, J. S. 1822. Additamenta ad faunam protogaem, sistens descriptiones aliquat animalium in succino inclusorum. Pp. 191-210 in: Presl, J. S., Presl, K. B. Deliciae Pragenses, historiam naturalem spectantes. Tome 1. Pragae: Calve, 244 pp. (page 197, (no caste))
- Radchenko, A.G., Perkovsky, E.E., Vasilenko, D.V. 2021. Formica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82, 237–251 (doi:10.3897/jhr.82.64599).