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Solenopsis maxima

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Attopsis maxima was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d4, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

It was recombined as Solenopsis maxima by Theobald (1937) and Bolton (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Attopsis maxima Förster p. 443 figs. Pl 13, fig 13
1937Solenopsis maxima Theobald p. 200 figs. Pl XIII fig 20
2012Solenopsis maxima 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()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeSolenopsidiniForel 1893
genusSolenopsis
speciesmaxima()

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.

Solenopsis maxima Förster 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available