Formica eoptera
- Sci. Name
- Formica eoptera
- Tribe
- Formicini
- Subfamily
- Formicinae
- Author
- Cockerell, 1923
- Fossil
- Yes (fossil species)
- Incertae Sedis
- Incertae Sedis in Family
- Distribution
- Found in 0 countries
Introduction
Formica eoptera is an extinct ant species known only from a single fossilized forewing discovered in Eocene deposits in Texas, USA . The species was described in 1923 by T.D.A. Cockerell, making it one of the oldest known Formica species in the fossil record . This species has been extinct for approximately 33-56 million years and exists only as a museum specimen.
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Formica eoptera is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.
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Formica eoptera is a fossil species and cannot be sold.