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Protoformica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica (Protoformica) was named by Dlussky (1967).

It was reranked as Protoformica by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Formica by Dlussky (1967); and to Formicini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Formica (Protoformica) Dlussky p. 72
2003Protoformica Bolton p. 28
2012Protoformica Bolton
2016Protoformica Ward et al. p. 346

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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()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeFormicini
genusProtoformica()

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.

G. †Protoformica Dlussky 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available