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Melikertini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Melikertini Engel
2013Melikertini Engel and Ortega-Blanco p. 3
2021Melikertini Engel p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMelikertini
tribeMelikertini

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.

Tr. †Melikertini Engel 2001
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G. †Aethemelikertes Engel 2021
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G. †Amelikertotes Engel 2021
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†Amelikertotes clypeata Engel 2001
G. †Haidomelikertes Engel 2021
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†Haidomelikertes uraeus Engel 2021
G. Melikertes Engel 1998
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Subg. †Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel 1998
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†Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
Subg. †Melikertes (Paramelikertes) Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
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†Melikertes (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
G. †Melissites Engel 2001
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†Melissites trigona Engel 2001
G. †Mochlomelikertes Engel et al. 2014
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†Mochlomelikertes hoffeinsorum Engel et al. 2014
G. †Roussyana Manning 1960
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Invalid names: Electrapis minuta Kelner-Pillault 1970 [synonym]
G. †Succinapis Engel 2001
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†Succinapis goeleti Engel 2001
†Succinapis micheneri Engel 2001
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Melikertini indet., Melikertes gujaratensis, Melikertes kamboja (124463)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrapis minuta (123757) Melikertes proavus, Electrapis stilbonota (123766) Melikertes stilbonotus (123764) Succinapis goeleti, Aethemelikertes emunctorii, Haidomelikertes uraeus, Melikertes stilbonotus (123928) Succinapis goeleti, Succinapis micheneri, Succinapis proboscidea, Melikertes proavus, Melikertes clypeatus, Melissites trigona, Melikertes stilbonotus (123493) Succinapis micheneri (110735 123770 123771 123772) Succinapis micheneri, Amelikertotes clypeata (124370)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Apis proava (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Succinapis micheneri (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Succinapis proboscidea (123767)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Amelikertotes clypeata (147606)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Apis palmnickenensis (164667) Mochlomelikertes hoffeinsorum (123419)