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Species: †Tetraponera oligocenica   (Théobald, 1937) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Sima oligocenica Théobald, 1937a PDF: 127, pl. 10, fig. 16 (caste?) FRANCE (Eocene). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990 PDF: 489.

Distribution Notes:

Célas, Gard, France; Late Eocene (33.9 - 37.8 Ma).

Comments:

Specimen presumably lost.

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Hymenoptera incertae sedis: Dlussky, 2009: 1077.

References:

  • Theobald N. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocenes de France. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences de Nancy, 2: 1-473.
  • Ward P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other Formicidae. Systematic Entomology, 15: 449-489.
  • Dlussky G. M. 2009. The ant subfamilies Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae, and Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 43(9): 1043-1086.


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