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Kelneriapis eocenica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Hypotrigona eocenica was named by Kelner-Pillault (1970). Its type specimen is MB.I.1946 (ZMHB), an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. It is the type species of Kelneriapis.

It was recombined as Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica by Kelner-Pillault (1970), Morris (1976), Wille (1977); it was recombined as Kelnermelia eocenica by Moure (1978), Spahr (1987); it was recombined as Trigona (Kelneriapis) eocenica by Sakagami (1978); it was recombined as Kelneriapis eocenica by Engel (2001), Engel (2021), Engel et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Kelner-Pillault p. 473 figs. 1-3
1976Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Morris p. 256
1977Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Wille p. 44
1978Kelnermelia eocenica Moure p. 565
1978Trigona (Kelneriapis) eocenica Sakagami p. 232
1987Kelnermelia eocenica Spahr
2001Kelneriapis eocenica Engel p. 134 figs. 111; pl 7e
2021Kelneriapis eocenica Engel p. 52
2023Kelneriapis eocenica Engel et al. p. 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMeliponini()
subtribeHypotrigonina
—Hypotrigonitae
genusKelneriapis()
specieseocenica()

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.

†Kelneriapis eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available