Formica biamoensis
- 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.
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Formica biamoensis is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.
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Formica biamoensis is a fossil species and cannot be sold.