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Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus was named by Dlussky (1981). Its type specimen is PIN 224/213, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 224), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Paraphaenogaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus Dlussky p. 69 figs. Fig. 51
2012Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus Bolton
2017Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus Perfilieva et al. p. 397 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; text-fig 5

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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()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeStenammini
genusParaphaenogaster
speciesmicrophthalmus

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus (type locality: 138756)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus (152283)