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Gracilidris humiloides

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Iridomyrmex humiloides was named by Wilson (1985). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican Amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Linepithema humiloides by Shattuck (1992) and Fernández and Sendoya (2004); it was recombined as Gracilidris humilioides by Wild and Cuezzo (2006); it was recombined as Gracilidris humiloides by Heterick and Shattuck (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Iridomyrmex humiloides Wilson p. 33 fig. 11
1987Iridomyrmex humiloides Spahr p. 52
1992Linepithema humiloides Shattuck p. 15
2004Linepithema humiloides Fernández and Sendoya p. 19
2006Gracilidris humilioides Wild and Cuezzo p. 66 figs. 12-14
2011Gracilidris humiloides Heterick and Shattuck p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeLeptomyrmecini()
genusGracilidris
specieshumiloides()

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.

Gracilidris humiloides Wilson 1985
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Iridomyrmex humiloides (type locality: 21978)