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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) and 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
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
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 28.40000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Formica lignitum (type locality: 115802)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Formica lignitum (117250)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Formica lignitum (113689 115304 115305 117252)