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Plagiolepis squamifera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolepis squamifera was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 7521/235, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Plagiolepis squamifera Mayr p. 40 fig. 24
1915Plagiolepis squamifera Wheeler p. 102
1987Plagiolepis squamifera Spahr p. 58
2010Plagiolepis squamifera Dlussky p. 553 figs. 2c-2e

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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
tribePlagiolepidiniForel 1886
genusPlagiolepisMayr 1861
speciessquamifera

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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