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Species: †Formica oculata   Heer, 1849 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Formica oculata Heer, 1849: 143, pl. 10, fig. 9 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 143].
See also: Théobald, 1937a PDF: 318. Unidentifiable to genus, incertae sedis in Formicidae (a poorly-preserved compression fossil of a gyne, not a male as postulated by Heer): Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014 PDF: 275, fig. 15A.

Distribution Notes:

Radoboj, Croatia; in Early Miocene (Burdigalian, 16-20.4 Ma) micritic limestone.

Comments:

Holotype UMJG-P 77.646d, in Universalmuseum Joanneum, Geology and Paleontology, Graz, Austria; specimen MNHN.F.B31783, in Paleontology Department of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

References:

  • Heer O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiargebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Teil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflugler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. W. Engelmann, Leipzig: 264 pp.
  • Heer O. 1850. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiargebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweite Abteilung: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflugler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1(11): 1-264.
  • Theobald N. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocenes de France. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences de Nancy, 2: 1-473.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158

7. Formica oculataHNS.

F. pallide ferruginea; capite oblongo, oculis magnis, thorace compresso.

Worker. Length 2 1 / 2 lines. Pale ferruginous, with the vertex and apex of the abdomen black; the head oblong, the sides nearly parallel, with the anterior margin truncate; the mandibles with fine acute teeth on their inner margin; the antennae inserted wide apart about the middle of the head; the eyes very large and ovate, placed backwards on the sides of the head, reaching to the posterior margin of the vertex, forming as it were its posterior lateral angles. The thorax narrow and compressed behind; abdomen ovate, entirely smooth and shining.

Hab. Aru.



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