Klondikia whiteae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia:incertae sedis
Genus:†Klondikia
Species: †Klondikia whiteae

Name

†Klondikia whiteae Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003 pg.427 Fig. 35, 36

Type material

• Holotype: SR 94-05-07 (part only) ♂
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: Pat White, August 12, 1997
• Paratype: SR 94-04-24 (part only) ♀
  • Repository: Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: Grace Adams, August 20, 1993

Type locality

Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States

Etymology

• "The species is named in honor to Pat White who has collected the holotype"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb Tuff Member; Boot Hill (UWBM B4131), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, United States
  • Klondike Mountain Formation; Mount Elizabeth (UWBM B4599), 15 mi (24 km) northeast of Republic, northwest of Curlew Lake, Ferry County, Washington, United States

References

Primary references

• Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2003 ("2002"). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America.. Russian Entomological Journal 11(4): 411–436. ISSN 0132-8069. https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/11/ent11_4%20411_436%20Dlussky%20Rasnitsyn.pdf.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. & Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page.