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Camponotites shanwangensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Camponotus shanwangense was named by Hong (1984). Its type specimen is Dong12Nan, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Dong, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

It was corrected as Camponotus shanwangensis by Zhang (1989) and Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Camponotites shanwangensis by Boudinot et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Camponotus shanwangense Hong p. 9 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 3, fig 4
1985Camponotus shanwangense Hong and Wang p. 11 fig. 6
1989Camponotus shanwangensis Zhang p. 300 figs. Pl 73, fig 8; pl 75, fig 1; pl 76, figs 1-3; text-fig 298, 299
2012Camponotus shanwangensis Bolton
2024Camponotites shanwangensis Boudinot et al. p. 145

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
genusCamponotites
speciesshanwangensis()

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.

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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Camponotus shanwangense (type locality: 128549 128550) Camponotus shanwangensis (128551 128552)