Monomorium mayrianum
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| †Monomorium mayrianum 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: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | †M. mayrianum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Monomorium mayrianum Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and is also known from Bitterfeld amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene) and Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene) (Perkovsky, 2016).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †gracillimus. †Lampromyrmex gracillimus Mayr, 1868c: 95, pl. 5, figs. 97, 98 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Junior secondary homonym of gracillima Smith, above.] Replacement name: †mayrianum Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 45. [Combination in error, with Lophomyrmex gracillimus for †Lampromyrmex gracillimus: Dlussky, 1997: 57.]
- †mayrianum. †Monomorium mayrianum Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 45. Replacement name for †Lampromyrmex gracillimus Mayr, 1868c: 95. [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica gracillima Smith, F. 1861a: 34.]
Description
References
- Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 95, [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica gracillima Smith, F. 1861a: 34.])
- Perkovsky, E.E. 2016. Tropical and Holoarctic ants in late Eocene ambers. Vestnik zoologii, 50(2): 111–122 (DOI 10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014).
- Smith, F. 1861a. Descriptions of some new species of ants from the Holy Land, with a synonymic list of others previously described. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 6: 31-35 (page 34, primary homonym)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 45, Replacement name for *Lampromyrmex gracillimus Mayr, 1868c)
