Formicium
Formicium is an extinct collective genus of giant ants in the Formicidae subfamily Formiciinae. The genus currently contains three species, Formicium berryi, Formicium brodiei, and Formicium mirabile. All three species were described from Eocene aged sediments.
| Formicium Temporal range: Lutetian, | |
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| Formicium mirabile type illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | †Formiciinae |
| Genus: | †Formicium Westwood, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Formicium brodiei Westwood, 1854 | |
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