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Titanomyrma simillima

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formicium simillimum was named by Lutz (1986). Its type specimen is SMF MeI 1006, an exoskeleton (body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Titanomyrma simillimum by Archibald et al. (2011); it was recombined as Titanomyrma simillima by Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Formicium simillimum Lutz p. 198 figs. 8-10
1990Formicium simillimum Lutz p. 63 figs. 3, 5A1
2011Titanomyrma simillimum Archibald et al.
2012Titanomyrma simillima Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyFormiciinae
genusTitanomyrma
speciessimillima()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Titanomyrma simillima Lutz 1986
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Diagnosis
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