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Solenopsis superba

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Attopsis superba was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d3, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

It was recombined as Solenopsis superba by Theobald (1937), Bolton (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. imbricatus, S. solenoides

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Attopsis extensa Förster p. 438 figs. Pl 13, fig 9
1891Attopsis superba Förster p. 445 figs. Pl 13, fig 15
1937Solenopsis superba Theobald p. 203
2012Solenopsis superba Bolton

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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
—Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeSolenopsidiniForel 1893
genusSolenopsis
speciessuperba()

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.

†Solenopsis superba Förster 1891
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Invalid names: Attopsis extensa Förster 1891 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Attopsis extensa, Attopsis longipennis, Attopsis longipes (121476) Attopsis longipennis (121473) Attopsis superba (type locality: 121474) Solenopsis superba (122408)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Solenopsis superba (122407)