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Metalasius pumilus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Lasius pumilus was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 7511/225, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber.

It was recombined as Metalasius pumilus by Boudinot et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Lasius pumilus Mayr p. 46 fig. 33
1915Lasius pumilus Wheeler p. 122
1987Lasius pumilus Spahr p. 52
2022Metalasius pumilus Boudinot et al. p. 141 fig. 10C,D

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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
Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeLasiini
genusMetalasius
speciespumilus()

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.

Metalasius pumilus Mayr 1868
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Lasius pumilus (123927 124073) Metalasius pumilus (123928)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Lasius pumilus (109625 120811)