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Archimyrmex

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Archimyrmex was named by Cockerell (1923).

It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Myrmeciinae by Dlussky and Rasnitsyn (2002), Bolton (2003), Dlussky and Perfilieva (2003), Archibald et al. (2006), Bolton (2012), Dlussky (2012).

Species

A. piatnitzkii, A. rostratus, A. smekali, A. wedmannae

Synonyms

Ameghinoia was named by Viana and Haedo Rossi (1957).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archimyrmex by Dlussky and Perfilieva (2003), Bolton (2012), Dlussky (2012).

It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Myrmeciinae by Bolton (2003).
Polanskiella was named by Rossi de Garcia (1983).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archimyrmex by Dlussky and Perfilieva (2003), Bolton (2012), Dlussky (2012).

It was assigned to Formicidae by Rossi de Garcia (1983); and to Myrmeciinae by Bolton (2003).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1923	Archimyrmex Cockerell p. 52
1957	Ameghinoia Viana and Haedo Rossi p. 109
1983	Polanskiella Rossi de Garcia
1992	Ameghinoia Carpenter
1992	Archimyrmex Carpenter
2002	Archimyrmex Dlussky and Rasnitsyn p. 418
2003	Ameghinoia Bolton p. 30
2003	Archimyrmex Bolton p. 30
2003	Polanskiella Bolton p. 30
2003	Archimyrmex Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 40
2006	Archimyrmex Archibald et al. p. 488
2012	Archimyrmex Bolton
2012	Archimyrmex Dlussky p. 289

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Formicoidea
family	Formicidae	()
subfamily	Myrmeciinae	Smith 1851
genus	Archimyrmex

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.

G. †Archimyrmex Cockerell 1923

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†Archimyrmex piatnitzkii Viana and Haedo Rossi 1957

†Archimyrmex rostratus Cockerell 1923

†Archimyrmex smekali Rossi de Garcia 1983

†Archimyrmex wedmannae Dlussky 2012

Invalid names: Ameghinoia Viana and Haedo Rossi 1957 [synonym], Polanskiella Rossi de Garcia 1983 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	A. rostratus (114007 138664 138675 138676 138684 138685)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Argentina (Rio Negro)	Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi (138647)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Argentina	Polanskiella smekali (138697)
MP 11	48.07 - 41.03	Germany (Hessen)	A. wedmannae (120798)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Colorado)	A. rostratus (138683 138686)