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Taphopone stauropolitanus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ponerites stauropolitanus was named by Dlussky (1981). Its type specimen is PIN 224/24, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 224), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Taphopone stauropolitanus by Dlussky and Perfilieva (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Ponerites stauropolitanus Dlussky p. 67 figs. Fig. 50
2012Ponerites stauropolitanus Bolton
2014Taphopone stauropolitanus Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 430

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Poneria
subfamilyPonerinae
genusTaphopone
speciesstauropolitanus()

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.

†Taphopone stauropolitanus Dlussky 1981
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Ponerites stauropolitanus (type locality: 138756)