Scientific illustration of Formica biamoensis ant - showing key identification features including head, thorax, and gaster.

Fossil Formica biamoensis

Non-Parasitic Queen No Gamergate
Sci. Name
Formica biamoensis
Tribe
Formicini
Subfamily
Formicinae
Author
Dlussky <i>et al.</i>, 2015
Fossil
Yes (fossil species)
Distribution
Found in 0 countries

Introduction

Formica biamoensis is an extinct ant species known only from fossil remains found in Late Eocene deposits of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya in the Russian Far East . Workers had a body length of about 7.5 mm, with an oval head, small backward-displaced eyes, a slender mesosoma, and a thick petiolar scale . This species is related to other extinct Formica fossils like F. flori and F. gustawi from Baltic amber . As a fossil species from approximately 34-50 million years ago, it cannot be kept in captivity.

Loading distribution map...

Status by country, from Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Native Invasive Introduced (indoor) Intercepted Unknown
2000 - 2026
Fossil

No caresheet needed

Formica biamoensis is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.