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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
†Formiciinae
›
†Formiciini
›
†
Titanomyrma
›
†
Titanomyrma gigantea
†
Titanomyrma
gigantea
(Lutz, 1986)
valid
†
Formicium giganteum
Lutz, 1986
: 190, figs. 3-8 (q.m.) GERMANY (Eocene).
Primary type information:
Primary type depository: Forshungsinstitut Senckenberg, Messel Research Station, Messel, Germany. Primary type specimen:
SMF
MeI998.
Combination in
†
Titanomyrma
:
Archibald
et al.
, 2011
: 3680.
Status as species:
Lutz, 1990
: 67;
Bolton, 1995b
: 206;
Wappler, 2003
: 135;
Archibald
et al.
, 2011
: 3681;
Katzke
et al.
, 2018
: 3.
Obsolete combinations
†
Formicium giganteum
Citations
Archibald, S. B.
;
Johnson, K. R.
;
Mathewes, R. W.
;
Greenwood, D. R.
2011.
Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals.
Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B, Biological Sciences 278:3679-3686.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Katzke, J.
;
Barden, P.
;
Dehon, M.
;
Michez, D.
;
Wappler, T.
2018.
Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus
Titanomyrma
with geometric morphometrics.
PeerJ 6:36 pp. e4242.
10.7717/peerj.4242
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Lutz, H.
1986.
Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Olschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen).
Senckenbergiana Lethaea 67:177-218.
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Lutz, H.
1990.
Systematische und palökologische Untersuchungen an Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt.
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 124:1-165.
Wappler
2003.
Die Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel.
Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 27:1-234.
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synonym
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homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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