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Species: †Formica flori   Mayr, 1868 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Formica flori Mayr, 1868c PDF: 48, pl. 2, figs. 35-37 (w.q.m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Senior synonym of †Formica antiqua, †Formica baltica, †Formica parvula: Dlussky, 2002B: 292; of †Formica egecomerta: Özdikmen, 2010C PDF: 988 (replacement name for †Formica parvula Dlussky, [no year], proposed subsequent to Dlussky's 2002a synonymy and hence automatic junior synonym).
See also: Dlussky, 1967b PDF: 81; Baroni Urbani & Graeser, 1987: 1; Dlussky, 2008A PDF: 50.

Distribution:

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

Distribution Notes:

Baltic, Rovno, and Saxonian amber; middle Eocene to Late Oligocene (23-42 Ma).

Comments:

Lectotype 1984/31/210 in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; other material available in Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; in Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine; in Geowissenschaftlicher Zentrum Georg-August Universitat Gottingen, Germany; in Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Germany; in Natural History Museum, London.

References:

  • Mayr G. L. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitrage zur Naturkunde Preussens, 1: 1-102.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1915. The ants of the Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 55: 1-142.
  • Dlussky G. M. 1967. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal, 1(2): 69-77.
  • Baroni Urbani C. & Graeser S. 1987. REM-Analysen an einer pyritisierten Ameise aus Baltischem Bernstein. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (B), 133: 1-16.
  • Dlussky G. M. 2002. Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Russian Entomological Journal, 11(3): 1-8.
  • Dlussky G. M. 2008. Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene amber of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 42(5): 500-513.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: paralectotype: nhmw1984-31-198; syntype of Formica flori: casent0911070



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