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Ponerites eocenicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ponerites eocenicus was named by Dlussky and Rasnitsyn (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 495919, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Anvil Points, Kohls locality 40193, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky and Rasnitsyn p. 423 fig. 21
2012Ponerites eocenicus 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
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
genusPonerites
specieseocenicus

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.

Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
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Diagnosis
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