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Dolichoderus sculpturatus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Hypoclinea sculpturata was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is XXB 1194, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Dolichoderus sculpturatus by Wheeler (1915), Dlussky (2002) and Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Hypoclinea sculpturata Mayr p. 62 figs. 53-55
1915Dolichoderus sculpturatus Wheeler p. 84 fig. 38
2002Dolichoderus sculpturatus Dlussky p. 59 fig. 5a,b
2012Dolichoderus sculpturatus Bolton

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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
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeDolichoderini
genusDolichoderusLund 1831
speciessculpturatus()

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.

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Diagnosis
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