Formica phaethusa
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| †Formica phaethusa 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. phaethusa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Formica phaethusa Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †clymene. †Formica clymene Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 127 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [†Formica clymene Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 383. Nomen nudum.] Junior synonym of †phaethusa: Dlussky, 2008a: 52. See also: Dlussky, 1967b: 80.
- †phaethusa. †Formica phaethusa Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 126, fig. 60 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Senior synonym of †clymene: Dlussky, 2008a: 52. See also: Dlussky, 1967b: 80.
Description
References
- Dlussky, G. M. 1967b. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1967(2 2: 80-89 (page 80, see also)
- Perkovsky, E.E. 2016. Tropical and Holoarctic ants in late Eocene ambers. Vestnik zoologii, 50(2): 111–122 (DOI 10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 126, fig. 60 worker described)
