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Megapterites
| †Megapterites Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formiciinae |
| Genus: | †Megapterites Cockerell, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Megapterites mirabilis, now Formicium mirabile | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formicium.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †MEGAPTERITES [junior synonym of †Formicium]
- †Megapterites Cockerell, 1920: 278. Type-species: †Megapterites mirabilis, by monotypy.
- †Megapterites junior synonym of †Formicium: Lutz, 1990: 61.
References
- Abe, M.; Smith, D. R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115 (page 53, Megapterites in Pseudosiricidae)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 262, Megapterites as junior synonym of Formicium)
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1920. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(5): 273-279 (page 278, Megapterites in Pseudosiricidae)
- 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, Megapterites in Formicidae; Megapterites as junior synonym of Formicium)