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Cephites

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Species
C. fragilis, C. oeningensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cephites Heer p. 173
2010Cephites Taeger et al. p. 54
2015Cephites Archibald and Rasnitsyn p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
genusCephites

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. †Cephites Heer 1849
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Cephites fragilis Heer 1849
Cephites oeningensis Heer 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available