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Myrmosidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Myrmosidae

Taxonomy
Myrmosinae was named by Fox (1894). It is extant. Its type is Myrmosa.

It was reranked as the family Myrmosidae by Pilgrim et al. (2008), Waldren et al. (2023).

It was assigned to Mutillidae by Brothers (2003), Brothers and Lelej (2017); and to Pompiloidea by Pilgrim et al. (2008), Waldren et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Myrmosinae Fox
2003Myrmosinae Brothers
2008Myrmosidae Pilgrim et al.
2017Myrmosinae Brothers and Lelej p. 35
2023Myrmosidae Waldren et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyPompiloidea
familyMyrmosidae(Fox 1894)
familyMyrmosidae(Fox 1894)

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.

Fm. Myrmosidae Fox 1894
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Subfm. Kudakrumiinae Krombein 1979
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G. †Protomutilla Bischoff 1916
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Protomutilla castanea Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla dentata Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla incerta Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla megalophthalma Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla nana Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla succinalis Bischoff 1916
Protomutilla succinicola Bischoff 1916
Tr. Myrmosini Fox 1894
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G. Myrmosa Latreille 1796
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Myrmosa brunnea Piton 1940
Invalid names: Kudakrumiini Krombein 1979 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Priabonian or 61.66000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Myrmosa brunnea (113685)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Protomutilla rasnitsyni (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Protomutilla archaeotrichosoma (120610) Protomutilla succinicola, Protomutilla megalophthalma, Protomutilla nana, Protomutilla incerta, Protomutilla castanea, Protomutilla dentata (123927)