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Plagiolepis squamifera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolepis squamifera was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 7521/235, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Plagiolepis squamifera Mayr p. 40 fig. 24
1915Plagiolepis squamifera Wheeler p. 102
1987Plagiolepis squamifera Spahr p. 58
2010Plagiolepis squamifera Dlussky p. 553 figs. 2c-2e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Formicomyrmida
—Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
tribePlagiolepidiniForel 1886
genusPlagiolepisMayr 1861
speciessquamifera

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.

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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

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Plagiolepis squamifera (120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Plagiolepis squamifera (123927 124073)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Plagiolepis squamifera (129227)