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Eotemnothorax gracilis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Leptothorax gracilis was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 7655/369, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. It is the type species of Eotemnothorax.

It was recombined as Temnothorax gracilis by Bolton (2012); it was recombined as Eotemnothorax gracilis by Radchenko (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Leptothorax gracilis Mayr p. 89 figs. 89-92
1915Leptothorax gracilis Wheeler p. 63
1987Leptothorax gracilis Spahr p. 53
2012Temnothorax gracilis Bolton
2024Eotemnothorax gracilis Radchenko p. 721 figs. 1A,B, 10A,B

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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
—Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyMyrmicinae
genusEotemnothorax
speciesgracilis()

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Eotemnothorax gracilis (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Eotemnothorax gracilis (122997 238338)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Eotemnothorax gracilis (110735 123764) Leptothorax gracilis (123927 124073)