Formicium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: †Formiciinae
Genus: †Formicium
Species (3): †F. berryi – †F. brodiei – †F. mirabile

Formicium Westwood, 1854: 393

Megapterites Cockerell, 1920
- Type species: Megapterites mirabilis (Cockerell, 1920) by monotypy
Eoponera Carpenter, 1929: 301

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Carpenter, F.M. 1929: A fossil ant from the Lower Eocene (Wilcox) of Tennessee. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 19(14): 300–301. PDF
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Westwood, J.O. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10: 378–396. BHL Reference page.