Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Camponotus lignitum, Camponotus lignitus, Formica lignitum
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1837. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Fauna Insectorum Europae 19
Belongs to Camponotites according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2024
See also Bolton 2012, Germar 1837, Heer 1849, Heer 1864, Heer 1867, Mayr 1867 and Pongrácz 1931
Sister taxa: Camponotites ambon, Camponotites ampullosus, Camponotites cockerelli, Camponotites compactus, Camponotites crozei, Camponotites curviansatus, Camponotites fuscipennis, Camponotites gracilis, Camponotites heracleus, Camponotites induratus, Camponotites longiventris, Camponotites longus, Camponotites microcephalus, Camponotites microthoracus, Camponotites novotnyi, Camponotites obesus, Camponotites oeningensis, Camponotites penninervis, Camponotites petrifactus, Camponotites pictus, Camponotites plenus, Camponotites shanwangensis, Camponotites silvestris, Camponotites steinbachi, Camponotites theobaldi, Camponotites tokunagai, Camponotites ullrichi, Camponotites vehemens, Camponotites vetus, Camponotites xiejiaheensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Orsberg (Goldfuss Bonn collection), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection), Germany (4)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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