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Emplastus britannicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Dolichoderus britannicus was named by Cockerell (1915). Its type specimen is USNM 61413, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Emplastus britannicus by Dlussky and Perfilieva (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Dolichoderus britannicus Cockerell p. 483 figs. Pl 65, figs 6,7
1915Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell p. 484 figs. Pl 65, fig 9
1920Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe p. 86 figs. Pl 5, fig 5
1920Dolichoderus britannicus Donisthorpe p. 87
1920Dolichoderus ovigerus Donisthorpe p. 88
2012Dolichoderus britannicus Bolton
2012Dolichoderus ovigerus Bolton
2012Emplastus emeryi Bolton
2014Emplastus britannicus Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 414 figs. Pl 18, figs 4-6; text-fig 65, 69A-G, 88C

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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
subfamilyDolichoderinae
genusEmplastus
speciesbritannicus()

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.

Emplastus britannicus Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell 1915 [synonym], Emplastus emeryi Donisthorpe 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available