Casaleia
| †Casaleia Temporal range: 42–0Ma Middle Eocene – Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Genus: | †Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990 |
| Diversity | |
| 3 fossil species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Casaleia is an extinct genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae described by Pagliano & Scaramozzino in 1990, where specimens of three species were found in Europe.[1]
Species
There are three species described under the Casaleia genus.[2]
- Casaleia eocenica Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
- Casaleia inversa Dlussky, 1981
- Casaleia longiventris Heer, 1849
References
- ↑ Bolton, Barry (June 1994). Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World (1st ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 164. ISBN 0674442806.
- ↑ Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 4 January 2015.