Formica obscura

†Formica obscura; Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Radoboj, Croatia
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

This taxon was described from Radoboj, Croatia (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

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).

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).