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Pseudomyrmex extinctus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomyrma extincta was named by Carpenter (1930). Its type specimen is MCZ 2899, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Pseudomyrmex extinctus by Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudomyrma extincta Carpenter p. 29 figs. Pl 3, fig 4
2012Pseudomyrmex extinctus Bolton

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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()
subfamilyPseudomyrmecinaeSmith 1952
genusPseudomyrmexLund 1831
speciesextinctus()

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.

†Pseudomyrmex extinctus Carpenter 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available