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Cerapachys

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Cerapachys was named by Smith (1857). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cerapachyini, Cerapachyinae.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Cerapachyini by Bolton (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cerapachys Smith p. 74
1992Cerapachys Carpenter
2003Cerapachys Bolton p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyDorylinaeLeach 1815
tribeCerapachyiniForel 1893
genusCerapachysSmith 1857

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. Cerapachys Smith 1857
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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: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) C. sp. (220273)