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Melikertes (Melikertes)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel
2013Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel and Ortega-Blanco p. 6
2021Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
Apiti
CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeMelikertini
genusMelikertes()
subgenusMelikertes

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.

Subg. †Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel 1998
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Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Melikertes kamboja (124463)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Apis proava (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Melikertes proavus, Electrapis stilbonota (123766) Melikertes proavus, Melikertes stilbonotus (123493) Melikertes stilbonotus (123764 123928)