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