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Leptomyrmecini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Leptomyrmicini was named by Emery (1913). It is extant. Its type is Leptomyrmex.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dolichoderini by Bolton (2003); it was corrected as Leptomyrmecini by Bolton (2012) and Dlussky et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Dolichoderinae by Emery (1913), Bolton (2012) and Dlussky et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Leptomyrmicini Emery p. 15
2012Leptomyrmecini Bolton
2014Leptomyrmecini Dlussky et al. p. 932

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

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.

Tr. Leptomyrmecini Emery 1913
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G. Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe 1947
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Anonychomyrma dimorpha Viehmeyer 1912
G. Azteca Forel 1878
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†Azteca alpha Wilson 1985
†Azteca eumeces Wilson 1985
G. †Chronomyrmex McKellar et al. 2013
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†Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis McKellar et al. 2013
G. Gracilidris Wild and Cuezzo 2006
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†Gracilidris humiloides Wilson 1985
G. Iridomyrmex Mayr 1862
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Invalid names: Iridomyrmex breviantennis Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter 1930 [nomen dubium], Iridomyrmex mapesi Wilson 1985 [nomen dubium], Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter 1930 [nomen dubium]
G. Leptomyrmex Mayr 1862
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†Leptomyrmex neotropicus Baroni Urbani 1980
G. †Schismiscapus Varela-Hernández et al. 2022
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†Schismiscapus exstinctum Varela-Hernández et al. 2022
G. †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky and Dubovikoff 2013
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†Yantaromyrmex intermedius Dlussky and Dubovikoff 2013
†Yantaromyrmex mayrianum Dlussky and Dubovikoff 2013
†Yantaromyrmex samlandicus Wheeler 1915
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis (122357)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Arkansas) Iridomyrmex mapesi (122391)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Hypoclinea geinitzi (109625) Hypoclinea geinitzi, Hypoclinea constricta (120811) Iridomyrmex geinitzi (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Iridomyrmex geinitzi (123930)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Anonychomyrma constricta, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (129228) Yantaromyrmex constrictus, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (129227) Yantaromyrmex intermedius (149487)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hypoclinea geinitzi (123458 138654 138658 138659 138660 138661 138662 138663) Hypoclinea geinitzi, Hypoclinea constricta (138657) Hypoclinea geinitzi, Iridomyrmex geinitzi, Iridomyrmex constrictus (123757) Hypoclinea geinitzi, Iridomyrmex samlandicus, Hypoclinea constricta (123927) Iridomyrmex geinitzi, Iridomyrmex constrictus (124205) Iridomyrmex geinitzi, Iridomyrmex constrictus, Iridomyrmex samlandicus (124073) Yantaromyrmex geinitzi (110735 124003 124951 201682) Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (122591) Yantaromyrmex mayrianum (123771) Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (123420 123766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Yantaromyrmex constrictus, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Iridomyrmex geinitzi (113621) Yantaromyrmex constrictus (122996 124272) Yantaromyrmex constrictus, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Yantaromyrmex mayrianum, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Iridomyrmex geinitzi (113470)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Iridomyrmex florissantius (106384 123119 124002 127617 132362) Iridomyrmex obscurans (124624)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Iridomyrmex geinitzi, Iridomyrmex breviantennis (122407)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Azteca sp. (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Azteca sp. (123456 153340) Schismiscapus exstinctum (198592)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Iridomyrmex shandongicus (128551)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Azteca alpha (138699 138700 138701 138703 138704 138705 138706 138707) Azteca alpha, Azteca eumeces (138698) Azteca alpha, Azteca eumeces, Iridomyrmex humiloides, Camponotus neotropicus (21978) Leptomyrmex neotropicus (122474 122982 230276)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Leptomyrmex sp. (220273)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Iridomyrmex sp. (147007)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Azteca sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Iridomyrmex dimorphus (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Azteca sp. (215881)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Azteca alpha (138702)