Formicium brodiei
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| †Formicium brodiei Temporal range: Middle Eocene Isle of Purbeck (Durlston Bay), Dorset, U.K. | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formiciinae |
| Genus: | Formicium |
| Species: | †F. brodiei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Formicium brodiei Westwood, 1854 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Isle of Purbeck (Durlston Bay), Dorset, U.K. (Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †brodiei. †Formicium brodiei Westwood, 1854: 393, pl. 14, fig. 8 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). See also: Lutz, 1986: 184; in collective group name †Formicium: Archibald, et al. 2011: 3681.
Description
References
- Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Olschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenb. Leth. 67: 177-218 (page 184, see also)
- Westwood, J. O. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 10: 378-396 (page 393, pl. 14, fig. 8 wing described)
