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Aphaenogaster
Taxonomy
Aphaenogaster was named by Mayr (1853). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myrmeciinae by Scudder (1890); to Myrmicini by Wheeler (1915); to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); to Myrmicinae by Zhang (1989) and Grimaldi and Triplehorn (2008); to Pheidolini by Bolton (2003) and Bolton (2012); and to Stenammini by Ward et al. (2015) and Jessen (2020).
It was assigned to Myrmeciinae by Scudder (1890); to Myrmicini by Wheeler (1915); to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); to Myrmicinae by Zhang (1989) and Grimaldi and Triplehorn (2008); to Pheidolini by Bolton (2003) and Bolton (2012); and to Stenammini by Ward et al. (2015) and Jessen (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Aphaenogaster Mayr p. 107 |
| 1890 | Aphaenogaster Scudder p. 615 |
| 1913 | Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) Forel |
| 1915 | Aphaenogaster Wheeler |
| 1931 | Aphaenogaster Pongrácz p. 115 |
| 1982 | Rectorhagas Lin p. 155 |
| 1989 | Aphaenogaster Zhang p. 435 |
| 1989 | Aphaenogaster (Sinaphaenogaster) Zhang p. 435 |
| 1992 | Aphaenogaster Carpenter |
| 2003 | Aphaenogaster Bolton p. 64 |
| 2008 | Aphaenogaster Grimaldi and Triplehorn p. 5 |
| 2012 | Aphaenogaster Bolton |
| 2015 | Aphaenogaster Ward et al. p. 77 |
| 2020 | Aphaenogaster Jessen p. 1027 |
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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.
G. Aphaenogaster Mayr 1853
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†Aphaenogaster amphioceanica de Andrade 1995
†Aphaenogaster antiqua Dlussky 2002
†Aphaenogaster archaica Meunier 1915
†Aphaenogaster dlusskyana Radchenko and Perkovsky 2016
†Aphaenogaster donisthorpei Carpenter 1930
†Aphaenogaster enspelensis Jessen 2020
†Aphaenogaster mayri Carpenter 1930
†Aphaenogaster mersa Wheeler 1915
†Aphaenogaster oligocenica Wheeler 1915
†Aphaenogaster praerelicta de Andrade 1995
†Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti Mayr 1868
Invalid names: Deromyrma Forel 1913 [synonym], Rectorhagas Lin 1982 [synonym], Sinaphaenogaster Zhang 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Russian Federation | A. dlusskyana (107340) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | A. sommerfeldti (124073 138654 138663) A. sommerfeldti, A. oligocenica, A. mersa (123927) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | A. sommerfeldti (109625) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | A. antiqua (113621) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | A. mayri (113749 123119 124002 124624 124680 127617 132362) A. mayri, A. donisthorpei (106384) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Colorado) | A. mayri (122093) | |
| MP 28 | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | A. enspelensis (211302) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Myrmica archaica (138696) | |
| Aquitanian | Germany | A. sp. (123872) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | A. praerelicta (125757) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | A. amphioceanica (122474) | |
| Langhian | China (Fujian) | A. sp. (220273) | |
| Messinian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (103102) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | A. sp. (152160) |