Klondikia
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| †Klondikia Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | †Klondikia Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Klondikia whiteae | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist, Species by Country) | |
The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Formicidae.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Klondike Formation, Republic, Washington, United States (Lutetian, Middle Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †KLONDIKIA [incertae sedis in Formicidae]
- †Klondikia Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 427. Type-species: †Klondikia whiteae, by original designation.
- Klondikia incertae sedis in Formicidae: Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002: 427.
References
- Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 [2002]. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russ. Entomol. J. 11(4): 411-436 (page 427, Klondikia as genus; incertae sedis in Formicidae)
