Not to be confused with the extant Formicidae subfamily Formicinae.
Formiciinae
Temporal range: Lutetian, 47–44.5 Ma
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Titanomyrma, with a rufous hummingbird for scale
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
†Formiciinae Lutz, 1986
Type species
Formicium berryi
Westwood, 1854
Genera
Formicium Westwood, 1854
Titanomyrma Archibald et al., 2011
Formiciinae is an extinct subfamily of ants known from Eocene deposits in Europe and North America.[1]
^Archibald, S. Bruce; Johnson, Kirk R.; Mathewes, Rolf W.; Greenwood, David R. (2011). "Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1725): 3679–86. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0729. PMC 3203508. PMID 21543354.
Formiciinae is an extinct subfamily of ants known from Eocene deposits in Europe and North America. Formiciinae Lutz, 1986 Formiciini Lutz, 1986 Titanomyrma...
queen from the Allenby Formation, and noted the range extension for Formiciinae into the Eocene Okanagan Highlands, as the subfamily was previously considered...
and Old World, as well as the Indo-Australian regions. The subfamily Formiciinae represents one extinct genus of ants dating back to the Eocene. Ants...
family Armaniidae within the superfamily Formicoidea) †Brownimeciinae †Formiciinae †Sphecomyrminae Ant colony optimization algorithms Ant mill Murray S...
an extinct collective genus of giant ants in the Formicidae subfamily Formiciinae. The genus currently contains three species, Formicium berryi, Formicium...
Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN Code), the genus remains the type genus of Formiciinae. The subfamily also contains the collective group name †Myrmeciites....
queen from the Vermillion Bluffs site, and noted the range extension for Formiciinae into the highlands, as the subfamily was previously considered a strictly...
Formation. They discuss the implications of the range extension for Formiciinae into the Ypresian temperate uplands, previously considered a thermophilic...
ant queen from Allenby Formation, and noted the range extension for Formiciinae into the highlands, as the subfamily was previously considered a strictly...
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