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Formiciinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formiciinae was named by Lutz (1986) [not the same as Formicinae]. Its type is Formicium.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Lutz (1986), Bolton (2003), Wappler (2003), Archibald et al. (2011), Bolton (2012).

Subtaxa
Formicium (syn. Eoponera) (type genus), Titanomyrma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Formiciinae Lutz p. 181
2003Formiciinae Bolton p. 75
2003Formiciinae Wappler p. 135
2011Formiciinae Archibald et al.
2012Formiciinae Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyFormiciinae
subfamilyFormiciinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Formiciinae Lutz 1986
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G. †Formicium Westwood 1854
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†Formicium berryi Carpenter 1929
†Formicium brodiei Westwood 1854
Invalid names: Eoponera Carpenter 1929 [synonym]
G. †Titanomyrma Archibald et al. 2011
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†Titanomyrma gigantea Lutz 1986
†Titanomyrma lubei Archibald et al. 2011
†Titanomyrma simillima Lutz 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Priabonian or 54.90000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Titanomyrma lubei (108779)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Titanomyrma sp. (226231)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Titanomyrma sp. (229109)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Formicium giganteum, Formicium simillimum (120036 120798 138656)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Tennessee) Eoponera berryi (138891)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Formicium brodiei (123959)