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Formicium
Taxonomy
Formicium was named by Westwood (1854). It is the type genus of Formiciinae. It was considered polyphyletic by Archibald et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Pseudosiricinae by Cockerell (1921); to Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Formiciinae by Lutz (1986), Bolton (2003), Wappler (2003), Blank et al. (2009), Archibald et al. (2011) and Bolton (2012).
It was assigned to Pseudosiricinae by Cockerell (1921); to Pseudosiricidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Formiciinae by Lutz (1986), Bolton (2003), Wappler (2003), Blank et al. (2009), Archibald et al. (2011) and Bolton (2012).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Formicium Westwood p. 388 |
| 1921 | Formicium Cockerell p. 22 |
| 1929 | Eoponera Carpenter p. 301 |
| 1986 | Formicium Lutz p. 181 |
| 1992 | Eoponera Carpenter |
| 1992 | Formicium Carpenter |
| 2003 | Formicium Bolton p. 76 |
| 2003 | Formicium Wappler p. 135 |
| 2009 | Formicium Blank et al. p. 30 |
| 2011 | Formicium Archibald et al. |
| 2012 | Formicium Bolton |
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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.
G. †Formicium Westwood 1854
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†Formicium berryi Carpenter 1929
†Formicium brodiei Westwood 1854
Invalid names: Eoponera Carpenter 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | USA (Tennessee) | Eoponera berryi (138891) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | F. brodiei (123959) |