Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus
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| †Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus 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: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Glaphyromyrmex |
| Species: | †G. oligocenicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †oligocenicus. †Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 132, fig. 63 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Dlussky, 2008a: 46 (in text).
Description
References
- 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 132, fig. 63 worker described)
