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Lasius occultatus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica occultata was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 77.499, 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 Lasius occultatus by Mayr (1867), Pongrácz (1928), Bolton (2012), Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Formica occultata Heer p. 134 figs. Pl 10, fig 6; pl 11, fig 11
1849Formica minutula Heer p. 136 figs. Pl 10, fig 8
1849Formica pumila Heer p. 137 figs. Pl 11, fig 15
1849Formica obliterata Heer p. 144 figs. Pl 11, figs 11,12
1856Formica minutula Heer p. 28 figs. Pl 2, fig 2b
1867Formica occultata Heer p. 15
1867Formica minutula Heer p. 16 figs. Pl 1, fig 15
1867Formica pumila Heer p. 16
1867Formica obliterata Heer p. 18
1867Lasius minutulus Mayr p. 55
1867Lasius occultatus Mayr p. 55
1867Lasius obliteratus Mayr p. 56
1928Lasius occultatus Pongrácz p. 162
1937Formica minutula Theobald p. 319 figs. Pl XXV fig 7
2012Formica pumila Bolton
2012Lasius minutulus Bolton
2012Lasius obliteratus Bolton
2012Lasius occultatus Bolton
2014Lasius occultatus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 265 figs. 12G-J

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeLasiini
genusLasiusFabricius 1805
speciesoccultatus()

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 occultatus Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Formica minutula Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica obliterata Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica pumila Heer 1849 [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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Sarmatian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Formica minutula (122501 122877)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Formica occultata (122874) Formica occultata, Formica minutula, Formica pumila, Formica obliterata (type locality: 117246) Lasius occultatus (113698 117247 156759)