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Tetraponera simplex

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Sima simplex was named by Mayr (1868). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was recombined as Tetraponera simplex by Dlussky (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Sima angustata Mayr p. 102 fig. 106
1868Sima simplex Mayr p. 102
1915Sima simplex Wheeler p. 42
1915Sima angustata Wheeler p. 43 fig. 12
1987Sima angustata Spahr p. 61
1987Sima simplex Spahr p. 62
2002Tetraponera angustata Dlussky p. 18
2009Tetraponera simplex Dlussky p. 1077 figs. 12a-d

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyPseudomyrmecinaeSmith 1952
genusTetraponeraSmith 1852
speciessimplex()

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.

†Tetraponera simplex Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Sima angustata Mayr 1868 [synonym]
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Tetraponera simplex (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Tetraponera angustata (113621 122998) Tetraponera simplex (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Sima angustata (124073) Sima simplex, Sima angustata (123927) Tetraponera angustata (122591) Tetraponera simplex (110735 123420)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Tetraponera simplex (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Sima angustata (109625) Sima simplex (120811) Tetraponera angustata, Tetraponera simplex (120813)