.jpg){kind=logo}
Liometopum venerarium
| †Liometopum venerarium Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Tapinomini |
| Genus: | Liometopum |
| Species: | †L. venerarium |
| Binomial name | |
| †Liometopum venerarium (Heer, 1865) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Oeningen, Switzerland (Messinian, Late Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †venerarium. †Ponera veneraria Heer, 1865: 386, fig. 288 (q.m.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). Formicidae incertae generis: Taylor, 1964: 138. Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1879; in Liometopum: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245. [By implication because Liometopum senior synonym of †Poneropsis: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.]
Description
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- Heer, O. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz. [Lieferungen 7-11.]. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, pp. 289-496. (page 386, fig. 288 queen, male described)
- Heer, O. 1879. Die Urwelt der Schweiz. Zweite, umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, xix + 713 pp. (Combination in Poneropsis)
- Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Formicidae incertae generis)