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Eocamponotus mengei

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Camponotus mengei was named by Mayr (1868). It is an inclusion in amber. It is the type species of Eocamponotus.

It was recombined as Eocamponotus mengei by Boudinot et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Camponotus mengei Mayr p. 27 figs. Pl I fig 1, 8
1868Camponotus igneus Mayr p. 28 fig. 9,10
1937Camponotus mengei Theobald p. 217 figs. Pl IV fig 12; Pl XV fig 22, 23
1987Camponotus mengei Spahr p. 44
2002Camponotus mengei Dlussky p. 11
2024Eocamponotus mengei Boudinot et al. p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
Euformicia
Doryloformicia
Formicia
Formicomyrmida
Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeCamponotini
genusEocamponotus
speciesmengei()

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.

Eocamponotus mengei Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Camponotus igneus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available