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Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius was named by Wheeler (1915). Its type specimen is Klebs 57, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius Wheeler p. 112 fig. 54
1929Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius Wheeler p. 11
1987Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius Spahr p. 60

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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)
genusProdimorphomyrmex
speciesprimigenius

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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