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Ponerites umbrus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ponera umbra was named by Popov (1933). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kurganskij district, province of Kuban, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Ponerites umbrus by Dlussky (1981) and Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Ponera umbra Popov p. 17 fig. 1
1981Ponerites umbrus Dlussky p. 67 figs. Fig. 50
2012Ponerites umbrus Bolton

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
genusPonerites
speciesumbrus()

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.

†Ponerites umbrus Popov 1933
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Ponera umbra (type locality: 138760)