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Solenopsis foersteri

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Solenopsis foersteri was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Bale Museum R 236, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. imbricatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Solenopsis foersteri Theobald p. 203 figs. Pl XIV fi 5
2012Solenopsis foersteri Bolton

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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()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeSolenopsidiniForel 1893
genusSolenopsis
speciesfoersteri

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 foersteri Theobald 1937
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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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Solenopsis foersteri (122408)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Solenopsis foersteri (122407)