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Lasius peritulus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Tetramorium peritulum was named by Cockerell (1927). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (BMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Lasius peritulus by Carpenter (1930) and Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Tetramorium peritulum Cockerell p. 165
1930Lasius peritulus Carpenter p. 58 figs. Pl 5, fig 6; pl 7, fig 7
2012Lasius peritulus 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
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeLasiini
genusLasiusFabricius 1805
speciesperitulus()

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.

†Lasius peritulus Cockerell 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available