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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Formicini
›
Formica
›
†
Formica flori
†
Formica
flori
Mayr, 1868
valid
†
Formica flori
Mayr, 1868c
: 48, pl. 2, figs. 35-37 (w.q.m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
Status as species:
Scudder, 1891
: 700;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 196;
André, 1895b
: 82 (in list);
Handlirsch, 1907
: 863;
Wheeler, 1915i
: 124;
Théobald, 1937a
: 213;
Dlussky, 1967b
: 81;
Burnham, 1979
: 115;
Keilbach, 1982
: 281;
Baroni Urbani & Graeser, 1987
: 3;
Bolton, 1995b
: 195;
Dlussky, 2002b
: 292 (redescription);
Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002
: 11;
Dlussky, 2008a
: 50;
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2009
: 1030;
Perkovsky, 2016
: 114;
Radchenko
et al.
, 2021
: 242.
Senior synonym of
†
Formica antiqua
:
Dlussky, 2002b
: 292;
Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002
: 11;
Dlussky, 2008a
: 50.
Senior synonym of
†
Formica baltica
:
Dlussky, 2002b
: 292;
Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002
: 11;
Dlussky, 2008a
: 50.
Senior synonym of
†
Formica egecomerta
: new synonymy (unpublished).
[Note:
†
Formica egecomerta
Özdikmen, 2010c
was proposed as a replacement name for
†
Formica parvula
Dlussky, 1967b
[junior primary homonym of
†
Formica parvula
Presl, 1822
], but subsequent to the synonymy by
Dlussky, 2002b
: 292; hence
†
Formica egecomerta
Özdikmen, 2010c
is automatically a junior synonym of
†
Formica flori
.]
Senior synonym of
†
Formica parvula
Dlussky, 1967b
:
Dlussky, 2002b
: 292;
Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002
: 11;
Dlussky, 2008a
: 50.
Junior synonyms
†
Formica antiqua
Dlussky, 1967
†
Formica baltica
Dlussky, 1967
†
Formica egecomerta
Özdikmen, 2010
Citations
André, Ern.
1895b.
Notice sur les fourmis fossiles de l'ambre de la Baltique et description de deux espèces nouvelles.
Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 20:80-84.
PDF
Baroni Urbani, C.
;
Graeser, S.
1987.
REM-Analysen an einer pyritisierten Ameise aus Baltischem Bernstein.
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 133:1-16.
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Burnham, L.
1979 ("1978").
Survey of social insects in the fossil record.
Psyche (Cambridge) 85:85-133.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
1967b.
Ants of the genus
Formica
from the Baltic amber. [In Russian.].
Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1967(2):80-89.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
2002b.
Syntypes of Baltic amber ants
Formica flori
Mayr and
Ponera atavia
Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Russian Entomological Journal 11:291-298.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
2008a.
Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from late Eocene amber of Europe. [In Russian.].
Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2008 (5):45-59.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
;
Perkovsky, E. E.
2002.
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Rovno Amber. [In Russian.].
Vestnik Zoologii 36(5):3-20.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
;
Rasnitsyn, A. P.
2009.
Ants (Insecta: Vespida: Formicidae) in the Upper Eocene amber of central and eastern Europe.
Paleontological Journal 43:1024-1042.
PDF
Handlirsch, A.
1907.
Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Lieferung 6.
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pp. 801-960.
Keilbach, R.
1982.
Bibliographie und Liste der Arten tierischer Einschlüsse in fossilen Harzen sowie ihrer Aufbewahrungsorte. Teil 1.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (N.F.)29:129-286.
Mayr, G.
1868c.
Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins.
Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102.
PDF
Perkovsky, E. E.
2016.
Tropical and Holarctic ants in Late Eocene ambers.
Vestnik Zoologii 50 (2):111-122.
10.1515/vzoo-2016-0014
PDF
Radchenko, A. G.
;
Perkovsky, E. E.
;
Vasilenko, D. V.
2021.
Formica
species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber.
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82:237-251.
10.3897/jhr.82.64599
PDF
Scudder, S. H.
1891.
Index to the known fossil insects of the world, including myriapods and arachnids.
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 71:1-744.
PDF
Théobald, N.
1937a.
Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France.
Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1915i ("1914").
The ants of the Baltic Amber.
Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55:1-142.
PDF
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Agroecomyrmecinae
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†Armaniinae
†Brownimeciinae
Dolichoderinae
Dorylinae
Ectatomminae
†Formiciinae
Formicinae
†Haidomyrmecinae
Leptanillinae
Martialinae
Myrmeciinae
Myrmicinae
Paraponerinae
Ponerinae
Proceratiinae
Pseudomyrmecinae
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All genera
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Incertae sedis
Camponotini
Formicini
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Gigantiopini
Lasiini
Melophorini
Myrmelachistini
Myrmoteratini
Oecophyllini
Plagiolepidini
Santschiellini
Alloformica
†Asymphylomyrmex
Bajcaridris
Cataglyphis
†Cataglyphoides
†Conoformica
Formica
†Glaphyromyrmex
Iberoformica
Polyergus
Proformica
†Protoformica
Rossomyrmex
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Subgenera
Without subgenus
accreta
adamsi
adelungi
aerata
†alsatica
altayensis
altipetens
anatolica
†annosa
aquilonia
†arcana
archboldi
argentea
aserva
aseta
aterrima
†auxillacensis
†bauckhorni
†biamoensis
biophilica
bradleyi
breviscapa
browni
bruni
brunneonitida
†buphthalma
californica
calviceps
canadensis
candida
†cantalica
caucasicola
†ceps
ciliata
cinerea
cinereofusca
clara
clarissima
†cockerelli
coloradensis
comata
constricta
corsica
creightoni
criniventris
cunicularia
curiosa
dachaidanensis
dakotensis
decipiens
†demersa
densiventris
difficilis
dirksi
dolosa
dusmeti
emeryi
†eoptera
exsecta
exsectoides
fennica
ferocula
†flavifemoralis
†flori
foreli
foreliana
forsslundi
fossaceps
francoeuri
frontalis
fukaii
fusca
fuscocinerea
gagates
gagatoides
georgica
gerardi
glabridorsis
glacialis
glauca
†globiventris
gnava
†grandis
gravelyi
†gravida
†gustawi
gynocrates
hayashi
helvetica
†heteroptera
hewitti
†horrida
†immersa
impexa
incerta
indianensis
integra
integroides
japonica
kashmirica
knighti
kozlovi
kupyanskayae
†kutscheri
laeviceps
lasioides
†latinodosa
†lavateri
lemani
lepida
limata
†linquensis
liogaster
liopthalma
litoralis
longiceps
†longicollis
longipilosa
lugubris
†luteola
†macrognatha
†macrophthalma
†maculipennis
manchu
manni
†martynovi
maura
mesasiatica
microgyna
microphthalma
miniocca
moki
montana
morsei
mucescens
mutinensis
neoclara
neogagates
neorufibarbis
nepticula
nevadensis
†obscura
obscuripes
obscuriventris
obsidiana
†obtecta
obtusopilosa
†obvoluta
occulta
†oculata
opaciventris
orangea
†orbata
oreas
oregonensis
†ovala
pachucana
pacifica
†palaeopolonica
†paleosibirica
pallidefulva
pamirica
paralugubris
†parexsecta
pergandei
perpilosa
persica
†phaethusa
picea
pisarskii
†pitoni
planipilis
podzolica
polyctena
postoculata
pratensis
pressilabris
†primitiva
†primordialis
†procera
prociliata
propatula
propinqua
puberula
†pulchella
pulla
pyrenaea
†quadrata
querquetulana
†radchenkoi
ravida
reflexa
retecta
†ribbeckei
†robusta
robusta
rubicunda
rufa
rufibarbis
rufolucida
sanguinea
scitula
selysi
sentschuensis
†sepulta
†serresi
†seuberti
sibylla
sinensis
spatulata
†strangulata
subaenescens
subcyanea
subelongata
subintegra
subnitens
subpilosa
subpolita
subsericea
suecica
†surinamensis
talbotae
tarimica
tianshanica
transmontanis
†tripartita
truncorum
ulkei
†ungeri
uralensis
ussuriensis
villiscapa
vinculans
wheeleri
xerophila
yoshiokae
†zherikhini