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Ponerites atavinus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica atavina was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 77.582, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Ponerites atavinus by Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Formica atavina Heer p. 143 figs. Pl 11, fig 10
1867Formica atavina Heer p. 18
2012Formica atavina Bolton
2014Ponerites atavinus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 270 fig. 13E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
genusPonerites
speciesatavinus()

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.

†Ponerites atavinus Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available