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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †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)
