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Prenolepis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Prenolepis was named by Mayr (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Prenolepidini by Wheeler (1915); to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); to Plagiolepidini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012); and to Lasiini by Ward et al. (2016), Boudinot et al. (2022).

Species
P. henschei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Prenolepis Mayr p. 26
1915Prenolepis Wheeler
1992Prenolepis Carpenter
2003Prenolepis Bolton p. 23
2012Prenolepis Bolton
2016Prenolepis Ward et al. p. 347
2022Prenolepis Boudinot et al. p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeLasiini
genusPrenolepisMayr 1861

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.

G. Prenolepis Mayr 1861
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†Prenolepis henschei Mayr 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) P. henschei (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland P. henschei (109625 120811 120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. henschei (110735 122591 123458 123757 123927 124073 124205 125139 138654 138657 138660 138661 138663)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine P. henschei (113621 122997 122998 124272)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania P. henschei (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark P. henschei (123762)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) P. sp. (220273)