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Temnothorax praecreolus
| †Temnothorax praecreolus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | †T. praecreolus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Temnothorax praecreolus (De Andrade, 1992) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †praecreolus. †Leptothorax (Macromischa) praecreolus De Andrade, 1992: 344, figs. 1, 2 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272.
Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, no. PE-107.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 272, Combination in Temnothorax)
- De Andrade, M. L. 1992. First fossil "true Macromischa" in amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 65: 341-351. (page 344, figs. 1, 2 worker described)