Paraphaenogaster aemula
†Paraphaenogaster aemula Temporal range: Serravallian, Miocene Parschlug, Austria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Paraphaenogaster |
Species: | †P. aemula |
Binomial name | |
†Paraphaenogaster aemula (Heer, 1849) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Parschlug, Austria (Serravallian, Miocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †aemula. †Myrmica aemula Heer, 1849: 161, pl. 13, fig. 4 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 161.]
- Combination in *Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 179; Scudder, 1891: 718; Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Handlirsch, 1907: 875; Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in *Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.
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. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 161, pl.13, fig. 4 queen described)