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Formica cantalica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica cantalica was named by Piton (1935). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Joursac (Marty coll), which is in a Tortonian crater lake mudstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Formica cantalica Piton p. 68 figs. Pl 1, fig 10
2012Formica cantalica Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeFormicini
genusFormica
speciescantalica

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.

†Formica cantalica Piton 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available