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Proceratium poinari

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Proceratium poinari was named by Baroni Urbani and de Andrade (2003). Its type specimen is GOPC H 10-156 K-1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Proceratium poinari Baroni Urbani and de Andrade
2004Proceratium poinari Fernández and Sendoya p. 42

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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()
subfamilyProceratiinaeEmery 1895
tribeProceratiini(Emery 1885)
genusProceratiumRoger 1863
speciespoinari

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.

Proceratium poinari Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Proceratium poinari (125757)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Proceratium poinari (21978 type locality: 122472 124281)