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Xeromelissinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Colletidae

Taxonomy
Xeromelissinae was named by Cockerell (1926). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colletidae by Michener and Poinar (1996), Engel (2001), Engel et al. (2012).

Subtaxa
Chilicola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Xeromelissinae Cockerell
1996Xeromelissinae Michener and Poinar
2001Xeromelissinae Engel
2012Xeromelissinae Engel et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyColletidaeLepeletier 1841
subfamilyXeromelissinaeCockerell 1926
subfamilyXeromelissinaeCockerell 1926

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.

Subfm. Xeromelissinae Cockerell 1926
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G. Chilicola Spinola 1851
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Subg. Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) Ashmead 1898
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†Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) gracilis Michener and Poinar 1996
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chilicola gracilis (122472) Chilicola gracilis, Chilicola electrodominica (122982)