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Species: †Carebara antiqua   (Mayr, 1868) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Pheidologeton antiquus Mayr, 1868c PDF: 93, pl. 5, figs. 95, 96 (q.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wheeler, 1915i PDF: 46 (w.m.).
Combination in Aeromyrma: Emery, 1891b: 577; in Erebomyrma: Wheeler, 1915i PDF: 46; in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 123; in Carebara: Fernández, 2004A PDF: 235.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Eastern Europe, Europe, Kaliningrad, Russia

Distribution Notes:

Baltic amber; middle to Late Eocene (34-42 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype presumably lost; some specimens in Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

References:

  • Mayr G. L. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitrage zur Naturkunde Preussens, 1: 1-102.
  • Emery C. 1891. Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico della Universita di Bologna. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, 5(1): 141-165.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1915. The ants of the Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 55: 1-142.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 14(1): 73-171.
  • Fernandez F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia, 26(1): 191-238.


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