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Species: †Formicium brodiei   Westwood, 1854 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Formicium brodiei Westwood, 1854 PDF: 393, pl. 14, fig. 8 (wing) GREAT BRITAIN (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

In collective group name †Formicium: Archibald, et al. 2011: 3681.
See also: Lutz, 1986 PDF: 184.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Dorset, Europe, Northern Europe, United Kingdom

Distribution Notes:

'Isle of Purbeck' (Durlston Bay), Dorset; middle Eocene (37-48 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype BMNH(P)In.42090 in Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

References:

  • Westwood J.O., 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 10: 378-396.
  • Lutz H., 1986. A new subfamily of the Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene oil shale of the "Grube Messel" near Darmstadt (W. Germany, S. Hesse). Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 67(1-4): 177-218.
  • Archibald S.B., Johnson K.R., Mathewes R.W., Greenwood D.R., 2011. Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278: 3679-3686.Add your content here.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: bmnhp42090



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