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Myrmeciites goliath

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Myrmeciites goliath was named by Archibald et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UCCIPR L-18 F-999(1000), an exoskeleton (large ant preserved in dorsolateral aspect), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Myrmeciites goliath Archibald et al. p. 502 figs. 14D, E
2012Myrmeciites goliath Bolton

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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()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmeciinaeSmith 1851
genusMyrmeciites
speciesgoliath

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.

†Myrmeciites goliath Archibald et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available