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Discothyrea
| Description | Discothyrea is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, where they usually nest in rotten wood, in the leaf litter, or under stones. Little is known about their biology, but ants in this genus are thought to be specialist predators of arthropod eggs and have been observed storing eggs in their nests (probably spider eggs). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discothyrea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Discothyrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Discothyrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Discothyrea Roger, 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Roger, Julius. 1863. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 131-214. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Bolton. 2012. Catalogue of Ants of the World | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discothyrea |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Discothyrea antarctica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea berlita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea bidens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea bryanti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea clavicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea crassicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea denticulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea gigas ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Discothyrea globa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea hewitti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea horni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea humilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea icta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea isthmica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea kamiteta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea leae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea maya ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Discothyrea mixta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea neotropica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea oculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea patrizii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea poweri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea remingtoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea sauteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea sculptior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea sexarticulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea soesilae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea sringerensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea stumperi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea testacea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea traegaordhi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea turtoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discothyrea velutina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1863 | Discothyrea Roger |
| 2003 | Discothyrea Bolton p. 49 |
| 2012 | Discothyrea Bolton |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
