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Ponerites tauricus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Dolichoderus tauricus was named by Dlussky (1981). Its type specimen is PIN 287/343, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 287), which is in a Langhian marine shale in the Argun Formation of Ukraine.

It was recombined as Ponerites tauricus by Perfilieva et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Dolichoderus tauricus Dlussky p. 70 figs. Fig. 52
2012Dolichoderus tauricus Bolton
2017Ponerites tauricus Perfilieva et al. p. 393 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; text-figs 2,3

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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
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
genusPonerites
speciestauricus()

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.

Ponerites tauricus Dlussky 1981
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Diagnosis
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