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Species: †Carebara sophiae   (Emery, 1891) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Aeromyrma sophiae Emery, 1891b: 151, pl. 2, figs. 17, 18 (m.) ITALY, SICILIAN AMBER (Cenozoic). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Oligomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 300; in Carebara: Fernández, 2004A PDF: 235.

Distribution Notes:

Sicilian amber, Italy; exact age unknown between late Eocene, Oligocene, and middle Miocene (14 to 34 Ma; see Ragazzi & Roghi, 2014).

Comments:

Holotype 16622, in Museo di Mineralogia Luigi Bombicci, Universita di Bologna, Italy.

References:

  • 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.
  • Bolton B. 1995. A new general catalogue of the ants of the World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Fernandez F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia, 26(1): 191-238.

  • Ragazzi E., Roghi G., 2014. Simetite, the Sicilian amber, In: Kustatscher E., Roghi G., Bertini A., Miola A. (Eds.), Palaeobotany of Italy. Publication of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol, 9: 232-237



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