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Poneropsis longaeva

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ponera longaeva was named by Heer (1849). It is an impression. Its type locality is Oeningen (von Seyfried collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Poneropsis longaeva by Taylor (1964) and Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ponera longaeva Heer p. 148 figs. Pl 12, fig 5
1964Poneropsis longaeva Taylor p. 138
2012Poneropsis longaeva Bolton

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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
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeTapinomini
genusPoneropsisMayr 1861
specieslongaeva()

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.

†Poneropsis longaeva Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available