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Polistes attavina

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Vespa attavina was named by Heer (1849). It is an impression. Its type locality is Parschlug, which is in a Badenian pond horizon in Austria.

It was corrected as Vespa atavina by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Polistes attavina by Carpenter (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Vespa attavina Heer p. 101 figs. Pl 7, fig 8
1864Vespa atavina Heer p. 387 fig. 289
1996Polistes attavina Carpenter

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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()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyPolistinae()
tribePolistini
genusPolistes
speciesattavina()

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.

†Polistes attavina Heer 1849
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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: Badenian or 13.65000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Vespa attavina (type locality: 115306)