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Paraphaenogaster tertiaria

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Myrmica tertiaria was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Radchenko et al. (2007), Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Paraphaenogaster tertiaria by Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Myrmica tertiaria Heer p. 159 figs. Pl 13, fig 1
1864Myrmica tertiaria Heer p. 388 fig. 293
1867Myrmica tertiaria Heer p. 30
1867Myrmica bicolor Heer p. 31 figs. Pl 2, figs 11,11b
2014Paraphaenogaster tertiaria Dlussky and Putyatina p. 271 figs. 14A-B, 18D

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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
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
Euformicia
Doryloformicia
Formicia
Formicomyrmida
Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeStenammini
genusParaphaenogaster
speciestertiaria()

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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Invalid names: Myrmica bicolor Heer 1867 [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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Myrmica tertiaria (122866 122867)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Myrmica tertiaria, Myrmica bicolor (117246) Paraphaenogaster tertiaria (113698)