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Sicilomyrmex corniger

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Gesomyrmex corniger was named by Emery (1891). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Bologna coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy. It is the type species of Sicilomyrmex.

It was recombined as Sicelomyrmex corniger by Wheeler (1915) and Wheeler (1929); it was recombined as Sicilomyrmex corniger by Brown and Carpenter (1978) and Spahr (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Gesomyrmex corniger Emery p. 155 figs. Pl 3, figs 33-35
1915Sicelomyrmex corniger Wheeler p. 111
1929Sicelomyrmex corniger Wheeler p. 11
1978Sicilomyrmex corniger Brown and Carpenter p. 422
1987Sicilomyrmex corniger Spahr p. 61

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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
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeGesomyrmecini(Forel 1912)
genusSicilomyrmex()
speciescorniger()

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.

Sicilomyrmex corniger Emery 1891
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Diagnosis
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