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Aphaenogaster mayri

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Aphaenogaster mayri was named by Carpenter (1930). Its type specimen is MCZ 2949, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Aphaenogaster mayri Carpenter p. 30 figs. Pl 5, fig 5; pl 8, fig 4; pl 9, fig 5; pl 11, fig 4
2012Aphaenogaster mayri Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
—Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
orderHymenoptera
—UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina()
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinaeLepeletier 1835
tribeStenammini
genusAphaenogasterMayr 1853
speciesmayri

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available