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Leucotaphus gurnetensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Leptothorax gurnetensis was named by Cockerell (1915). Its type specimen is USNM 61417, 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 Leucotaphus gurnetensis by Donisthorpe (1920), Bolton (2012) and Dlussky and Perfilieva (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Leptothorax gurnetensis Cockerell p. 485 figs. Pl 65, figs 4,5
1920Leucotaphus gurnetensis Donisthorpe p. 89 figs. Pl 5, fig 8,9
2012Leucotaphus gurnetensis Bolton
2014Leucotaphus gurnetensis Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 420 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-3; tex-figs 74A-E, 88B'

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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
genusLeucotaphus
speciesgurnetensis()

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.

†Leucotaphus gurnetensis Cockerell 1915
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Diagnosis
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