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Paraponera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Paraponera was named by Smith (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Baroni Urbani (1994); and to Paraponerinae by Bolton (2003) and Bolton (2012).

Species
P. dieteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Paraponera Smith
1994Paraponera Baroni Urbani
2003Paraponera Bolton p. 48
2012Paraponera Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyParaponerinaeEmery 1901
genusParaponeraSmith 1858

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.

G. Paraponera Smith 1858
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†Paraponera dieteri Baroni Urbani 1994
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 Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. dieteri (122474) P. sp. (21978)