Formica obscura
†Formica obscura Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Radoboj, Croatia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | †F. obscura |
Binomial name | |
†Formica obscura Heer, 1849 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †obscura. †Formica obscura Heer, 1849: 119, pl. 9, fig. 2 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 119.]
- Combination in Lasius: Mayr, 1867b: 52.
- Combination in Formica: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 259.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 165; Mayr, 1867b: 52; Scudder, 1891: 705, 714; Dalla Torre, 1893: 190; Handlirsch, 1907: 862; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 259 (redescription).
Description
References
- Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 119, pl. 9, fig. 2 queen described)
- Mayr, G. 1867. Vorläufige Studien über die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrb. K-K. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien 17: 47-62 (page 52, Combination in Lasius)
- Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31: 133-179 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_031:133).