Formicium mirabile
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†Formicium mirabile Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle Eocene Bournemouth, 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. mirabile |
Binomial name | |
†Formicium mirabile (Cockerell, 1920) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bournemouth, Dorset, U.K. (Bartonian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †mirabile. †Megapterites mirabilis Cockerell, 1920: 278, fig. 3 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). Combination in †Formicium: Lutz, 1990: 61; in collective group name †Formicium: Archibald, et al. 2011: 3681.
Description
References
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(5): 273-279 (page 278, fig. 3 wing described)
- Lutz, H. 1990. Systematische und palökologische Untersuchungen an Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt. Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenb. 124: 1-165 (page 61, Combination in Formicium)