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Formica flori ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1315007https://www.gbif.org/species/1315007
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)210996https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=210996
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Formica : Formica flori
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Formica : Formica flori
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
superfamilyVespoideaLatreille 1802
familyFormicidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyFormicinaeLatreille 1802
tribeFormiciniLatreille 1802
genusFormicaLinnaeus 1758
speciesFormica floriMayr 1868
Generic NameFormica
Scientific NameFormica flori Mayr, 1868
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Formica florispeciesbelongs to Formicastated with evidenceMayr, 1868
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. L. Mayr. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Formica egecomerta Ozdikmen, 2010GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Formica : Formica egecomerta

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1868Formica flori Mayr p. 48 figs. 35-37
1937Formica flori Theobald p. 211 figs. Pl XV fig 2
1967Formica (Serviformica) antiqua Dlussky p. 70 fig. 1b,c
1967Formica (Serviformica) baltica Dlussky p. 70 fig. 1a
1967Formica (Serviformica) parvula Dlussky p. 71 figs. 1d-f
2002Formica flori Dlussky p. 2 figs. 1-9
2008Formica flori Dlussky p. 505 fig. 3a
2010Formica egecomerta Özdikmen p. 988
2012Formica flori Bolton

References

Mayr G. L. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins, Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1, 1-102
Theobald N. (1937) Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France, Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1, 1-473
Dlussky G. M. (1967) Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber, Paleontological Journal 1, 69-77
Dlussky G. M. (2002) Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Russian Entomological Journal 11, 291-298
Dlussky G. M. (2008) Ants of the Tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene Amber of Europe, Paleontological Journal 42, 500-513
Özdikmen H. (2010) New names for some preoccupied specific and subspecific epithets in the family Formicidae, Munis Entomology & Zoology 5, 986-1000
Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World
(2001) website, Hymenoptera Name Server - via Catalogue of Life
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!
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