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Myrmicium elongatum

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae

Taxonomy
Belostomum elongatum was named by Germar (1839). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pseudosirex elongatus by Deichmüller (1886) and Handlirsch (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudosirex schroeteri by Carpenter (1932); it was recombined as Myrmicium elongatus by Ponomarenko (1985); it was recombined as Myrmicium elongatum by Taeger et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Belostomum elongatum Germar p. 205 figs. Pl 22, fig 6
1873Belostomum elongatum Weyenbergh p. 239
1885Belostomum elongatum Scudder p. 815 fig. 1094
1886Pseudosirex elongatus Deichmüller p. 83 figs. Pl V fig 21, 22
1906Pseudosirex elongatus Handlirsch p. 576
1985Myrmicium elongatus Ponomarenko p. 137
2010Myrmicium elongatum Taeger et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
superfamilySiricoidea
familyPseudosiricidae
genusMyrmicium
specieselongatum()

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.

Myrmicium elongatum Germar 1839
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Belostomum elongatum (type locality: 123985) Myrmicium elongatus (123144)