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Myrmecites pusillus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Myrmica pusilla was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is NHMW 1852.XXIX.41, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Crematogaster pusilla by Handlirsch (1907), Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Myrmecites pusillus by Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Myrmica pusilla Heer p. 164 figs. Pl 13, fig 9
1867Myrmica pusilla Heer p. 32 figs. Pl 2, fig 14
1907Crematogaster pusilla Handlirsch p. 873
2012Crematogaster pusilla Bolton
2014Myrmecites pusillus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 274 fig. 14D

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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
genusMyrmecites
speciespusillus()

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.

Myrmecites pusillus Heer 1849
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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 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Myrmecites pusillus (117247) Myrmica pusilla (type locality: 117246)