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Liometopum oligocenicum
| †Liometopum oligocenicum 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: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Liometopum |
| Species: | †L. oligocenicum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Liometopum oligocenicum Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †oligocenicum. †Liometopum oligocenicum Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 95, fig. 46 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
Description
References
- Barden, P., Engel, M.S. 2020. Fossil social insects. Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer, Cham (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_45-1).
- Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 95, fig. 46 worker described)