Carebara rugiceps Heer 1849 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combinations: Myrmica rugiceps, Pheidologeton rugiceps

Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264

Belongs to Carebara according to G. Fischer et al. 2014

See also Assmann 1870, Bolton 2012 and Heer 1849

Sister taxa: Carebara antiqua, Carebara bohemica, Carebara groehni, Carebara kutscheri, Carebara nitida, Carebara schossnicensis, Carebara sophiae, Carebara thorali, Carebara ucrainica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (unspecified collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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