Titanomyrma gigantea

†Titanomyrma gigantea Temporal range: Lutetian, Middle Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Messel, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formiciinae
Genus:	Titanomyrma
Species:	†T. gigantea
Binomial name
†Titanomyrma gigantea (Lutz, 1986)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Germany (Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †gigantea. †Formicium giganteum Lutz, 1986: 190, figs. 3-8 (q.m.) GERMANY (Eocene). Combination in †Titanomyrma: Archibald, et al. 2011: 3680.

References

• Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Olschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenb. Leth. 67: 177-218 PDF

• Archibald, S. Bruce; Johnson, Kirk R.; Mathewes, Rolf W.; Greenwood, David R. "Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0729