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Species: †Lonchomyrmex freyeri   (Heer, 1867) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Formica freyeri Heer, 1867 PDF: 10, pl. 1, fig. 9 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in †Lonchomyrmex: Mayr, 1867b PDF: 61. See also Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014 PDF: 274, fig. 14F.

Distribution Notes:

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

Comments:

Based on a single specimen not retrieved during the review of Radoboj ants by Dlussky & Putyatina (2014), but possibly in University of Zurich Paleontological Museum, Switzerland.

References:

  • Heer O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 4(22): 5-42.
  • Mayr G. L. 1867. Vorlaufige Studien uber die Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k.k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 17: 47-62.
  • Dlussky G. M., Putyatina T. S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen, 272(3): 237-285.


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