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Ammophilinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

Taxonomy
Ammophilidae was named by André (1886). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Ammophilinae by Peñalver and Martínez-Delclòs (2000), Pulawski (2014).

It was assigned to Sphecidae by Peñalver and Martínez-Delclòs (2000), Pulawski (2014).

Subtaxa
Ammophila

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Ammophilinae Peñalver and Martínez-Delclòs p. 111
2014Ammophilinae Pulawski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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()
superfamilyApoidea
familySphecidae()
subfamilyAmmophilinae()
subfamilyAmmophilinae()

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.

Subfm. Ammophilinae André 1886
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G. Ammophila Kirby 1798
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†Ammophila antiquella Cockerell 1906
†Ammophila inferna Heer 1864
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Ammophila annosa Heer 1864 [nomen nudum], Ammophila gigantea Schöberlin 1888 [nomen nudum], Ammophila minima Schöberlin 1888 [nomen nudum]
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 Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Ammophila antiquella (106384)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) Ammophila sabulosa (140796)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ammophila inferna, Ammophila annosa (117252)