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Lasius ophthalmicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica ophthalmica was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 77.646e, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Lasius ophthalmicus by Pongrácz (1928) and Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Formica ophthalmica Heer p. 125 figs. Pl 9, fig 9
1849Formica macrocephala radobojana Heer p. 126 figs. Pl 9, figs 10a,b
1867Formica ophthalmica Heer p. 11
1928Lasius ophthalmicus Pongrácz p. 161
2012Formica ophthalmica Bolton
2014Lasius ophthalmicus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 262 figs. 12B-C

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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
tribeLasiini
genusLasiusFabricius 1805
speciesophthalmicus()

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.

†Lasius ophthalmicus Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available