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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †primaeva. †Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 36, fig. 7 (w.q.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 9; Burnham, 1979: 109; Keilbach, 1982: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Dlussky, 2009: 1060 (redescription); Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2009: 1031; Perkovsky, 2016: 115.
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)
