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Anthophorini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Anthophoridae was named by Kirby (1837). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Anthophorinae by Theobald (1937); it was reranked as the tribe Anthophorini by Engel (2001), Engel (2005) and Michez et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Apidae by Theobald (1937); to Apoidea by Cockerell (1906) and Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); to Apiti by Engel (2005); and to Apinae by Engel (2001) and Michez et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Anthophoridae Kirby p. 271
1862Anthophora effossa von Heyden p. 76 figs. Pl 10, fig 10
1906Anthophoridae Cockerell p. 41
1937Anthophorinae Theobald p. 131
1976Anthophoridae Zeuner and Manning p. 186
1992Anthophoridae Carpenter
2001Anthophorini Engel
2005Anthophorini Engel p. 33
2009Anthophorini Michez et al.

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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
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
tribeAnthophorini()
tribeAnthophorini()

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.

Tr. Anthophorini Kirby 1837
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G. Anthophora Latreille 1803
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Anthophora melfordi Cockerell 1908
G. †Anthophorites Heer 1849
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Anthophorites mellona Heer 1849
Anthophorites titania Heer 1849
Anthophorites tonsa Heer 1849
G. †Paleohabropoda Michez and Ramont 2009
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Paleohabropoda oudardi Michez and Ramont 2009
G. †Protohabropoda Dehon and Engel 2014
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Protohabropoda pauli De Meulemeester and Michez 2014
Invalid names: Anthophora effossa von Heyden 1862 [nomen dubium]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Sarmatian or 61.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France Paleohabropoda oudardi (106699)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Anthophoridae indet. (120798)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Anthophora melfordi (106380)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Protohabropoda pauli (122984)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Anthophora effossa (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Anthophorites mellona (122487)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Anthophorites longaeva, Anthophorites thoracica (117250) Anthophorites thoracica (127631)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Anthophorites mellona, Anthophorites veterana, Anthophorites longaeva (117252) Anthophorites titania, Anthophorites tonsa (115305) Anthophorites veterana (115304)