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Paraphaenogaster avita

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) avita was named by Fujiyama (1970). Its type specimen is NSM-P1-7417 (Tokyo), an exoskeleton (Female complete body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chojabaru-zaki, Iki Island, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small diatomite in the Chojabaru Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Aphaenogaster avita by Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Paraphaenogaster avita by Radchenko and Perkovsky (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) avita Fujiyama p. 67 figs. Pl 15, figs 2a-b,3
2012Aphaenogaster avita Bolton
2016Paraphaenogaster avita Radchenko and Perkovsky p. 944

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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
speciesavita()

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.

†Paraphaenogaster avita Fujiyama 1970
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Aphaenogaster avita (type locality: 103101)