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Platythyreini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Platythyreini was named by Emery (1901). It is extant. Its type is Platythyrea.

It was assigned to Ponerinae by Wheeler (1915), Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Schmidt and Shattuck (2014).

Subtaxa
Platythyrea (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Platythyreini Emery
1915Platythyreini Wheeler p. 33
2003Platythyreini Bolton p. 44
2012Platythyreini Bolton
2014Platythyreini Schmidt and Shattuck p. 47

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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()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePlatythyreiniEmery 1901
tribePlatythyreiniEmery 1901

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.

Tr. Platythyreini Emery 1901
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G. Platythyrea Roger 1863
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†Platythyrea dentata Lattke 2003
†Platythyrea dlusskyi Aria et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Platythyrea coxalis Emery 1893 [synonym]
†Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler 1915
†Platythyrea procera Lattke 2003
†Platythyrea pumilio de Andrade 2004
†Platythyrea scalpra Lattke 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Platythyrea dlusskyi (123850)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Platythyrea primaeva (123927 124073)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Platythyrea primaeva (122407)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Platythyrea dentata, Platythyrea procera, Platythyrea scalprum (122982) Platythyrea pumilio (21978)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Platythyrea sp. (220273)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Platythyrea sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Platythyrea coxalis (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Platythyrea sp. (215881)