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Species: †Cataulacus planiceps   Emery, 1891 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Cataulacus planiceps Emery, 1891b: 148, pl. 1, figs. 8, 9 (w.) ITALY, SICILIAN AMBER (Cenozoic). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

See also: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 87.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Italy

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 16618, 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. 1974. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 30: 1-105.
  • 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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