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Prophilanthus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Philanthidae

Taxonomy
Prophilanthus was named by Cockerell (1906). It is not extant. Its type is Prophilanthus destructus.

It was assigned to Philanthidae by Cockerell (1906); to Sphecidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Philanthina by Pulawski (2014).

Species
P. destructus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Prophilanthus Cockerell p. 46
1992Prophilanthus Carpenter
2014Prophilanthus Pulawski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
familyPhilanthidae()
tribePhilanthini
subtribePhilanthina
genusProphilanthus

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. †Prophilanthus Cockerell 1906
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†Prophilanthus destructus Cockerell 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available