Platythyrea primaeva
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†Platythyrea primaeva 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: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Platythyreini |
Genus: | Platythyrea |
Species: | †P. primaeva |
Binomial name | |
†Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler, W.M., 1915 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †primaeva. †Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 36, fig. 7 (w.q.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Dlussky, 2009: 1060.
Description
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 36, fig. 7 worker, queen described)