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Emplastus ocellus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Formica ocella was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is UMJG&P 77.645a, 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 Emplastus ocellus by Dlussky and Putyatina (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Formica ocella Heer p. 133 figs. Pl 10, fig 5
2012Formica ocella Bolton
2014Emplastus ocellus Dlussky and Putyatina p. 243 fig. 2F

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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
speciesocellus()

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 ocellus Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available