Syntaphus wheeleri
†Syntaphus wheeleri Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Genus: | Syntaphus |
Species: | †S. wheeleri |
Binomial name | |
†Syntaphus wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1920 |
This species has been transferred to the family Braconidae.
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †wheeleri. †Syntaphus wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1920: 84, pl. 5, figs. 1, 2 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 399.
- Excluded from Formicidae; transferred to family Braconidae: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 433.
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 84, pl. 5, figs. 1, 2 queen described)