Zhangidris atopogaster
†Zhangidris atopogaster Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Zhangidris |
Species: | †Z. atopogaster |
Binomial name | |
†Zhangidris atopogaster (Zhang, J., 1989) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †atopogaster. †Heteromyrmex atopogaster Zhang, 1989: 271, fig. 274 (m.?) CHINA (Miocene). Combination in †Zhangidris: Bolton, 2003: 259.
Description
References
- Hong, Y.; Wu, J.; Ren, D. 2001. Emendation of Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989 and Tylolasius Zhang, 1989 (Hymenoptera, Formicoidae [Formicidae]) from the Miocene Shanwang Basin, Shandong Province, China. Geol. Rev. (Beijing) 47: 345-349 (emendation)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 271, fig. 274 male? described)