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

Fossil Formica oculata

Non-Parasitic Queen Não Gamergate
Nome científico
Formica oculata
Tribo
Formicini
Subfamília
Formicinae
Autor
Heer, 1849
Fóssil
Sim (espécie fóssil)
Incertae Sedis
Incertae Sedis in Family
Distribuição
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Introdução

Formica oculata is an extinct ant species known only from fossil specimens preserved in Miocene-era deposits from Radoboj, Croatia. The species was originally described in 1849 by Oswald Heer based on a single specimen, with subsequent research revealing the original specimen was a gyne (queen) rather than a male as initially identified. Only fossil imprints exist, and the preservation quality is too poor to confidently place the species within any known Formica group. This species existed approximately 20 million years ago during the Early Miocene period and has no living representatives.

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Status por país, desde Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Nativa Invasiva Introduzida (Ambiente urbano/interno) Interceptada Desconhecido
2000 - 2026
Fossil

No caresheet needed

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