Paraphaenogaster macrocephala
†Paraphaenogaster macrocephala Temporal range: Messinian, Late Miocene Oeningen, Switzerland | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Paraphaenogaster |
Species: | †P. macrocephala |
Binomial name | |
†Paraphaenogaster macrocephala (Heer, 1849) |
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.
- †macrocephala. †Myrmica macrocephala Heer, 1849: 158, pl. 12, fig. 14 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene).
- [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 158.]
- Combination in †Paraphaenogaster: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 271.
- Status as species: Giebel, 1856: 178; Scudder, 1891: 719; Dalla Torre, 1893: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 281.
- 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 158, pl. 12, fig. 14 queen described)