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Lasius longaevus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica longaeva was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 77.580, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Solenopsis longaevus by Pongrácz (1928); it was recombined as Lasius longaevus by Mayr (1867), Bolton (2012), Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Formica longaeva Heer p. 132 figs. Pl 10, fig 4
1867Formica longaeva Heer p. 14
1867Lasius longaevus Mayr p. 54
1928Solenopsis longaevus Pongrácz p. 166
2012Lasius longaevus Bolton
2014Lasius longaevus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 264 fig. 12D

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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
tribeLasiini
genusLasiusFabricius 1805
specieslongaevus()

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.

†Lasius longaevus 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Formica longaeva (type locality: 117246) Lasius longaevus (113698 117247) Solenopsis longaevus (156758)