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Polyrhachis annosa

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Polyrhachis annosus was named by Wappler et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IPB-WAPPLER-1a, b, an exoskeleton (worker ant), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Apomarma, which is in a Messinian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in the Varvara Formation of Greece.

It was corrected as Polyrhachis annosa by Boudinot et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Polyrhachis annosus Wappler et al. p. 434 figs. 3, 4a, b, d
2012Polyrhachis annosus Bolton
2024Polyrhachis annosa Boudinot et al. p. 146

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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
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeCamponotini
genusPolyrhachisSmith 1857
speciesannosa()

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.

Polyrhachis annosa Wappler et al. 2009
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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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Polyrhachis annosus (type locality: 133428)