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Plagiolepis kuenowi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolepis kunowi was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is Konigsberg 3760/108, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was corrected as Plagiolepis kuenowi by Dlussky (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Plagiolepis kunowi Mayr p. 39 figs. 22, 23
1868Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr p. 42 figs. 25, 26
1915Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Wheeler p. 103 fig. 49
1987Plagiolepis kunowi Spahr p. 58
1987Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Spahr p. 61
1997Plagiolepis balticus Dlussky p. 625
2010Plagiolepis kuenowi Dlussky p. 550 fig. 2a,b

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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
tribePlagiolepidiniForel 1886
genusPlagiolepisMayr 1861
specieskuenowi()

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.

Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Plagiolepis balticus Dlussky 1997 [synonym], Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available