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Camponotites lignitus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica lignitum was named by Germar (1837). It is an impression. Its type locality is Orsberg (Goldfuss Bonn collection), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Camponotus lignitus by Mayr (1867), Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Camponotus lignitum by Pongrácz (1931); it was recombined as Camponotites lignitus by Boudinot et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Formica lignitum Germar figs. Pl 19
1849Formica lignitum Heer p. 112 figs. Pl 8, fig 6
1864Formica lignitum Heer p. 387 fig. 292
1867Formica lignitum Heer p. 7
1867Camponotus lignitus Mayr p. 51
1931Camponotus lignitum Pongrácz p. 114 figs. Pl 4; text-fig 3
2012Camponotus lignitus Bolton
2024Camponotites lignitus Boudinot et al. p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Formicomyrmida
—Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
genusCamponotites
specieslignitus()

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.

†Camponotites lignitus Germar 1837
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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 MP 30 to the top of the Sarmatian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Formica lignitum (type locality: 115802)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Formica lignitum (117250)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Formica lignitum (113689 115304 115305 117252)