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Sicilomyrmex corniger

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Gesomyrmex corniger was named by Emery (1891). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Bologna coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy. It is the type species of Sicilomyrmex.

It was recombined as Sicelomyrmex corniger by Wheeler (1915), Wheeler (1929); it was recombined as Sicilomyrmex corniger by Brown and Carpenter (1978), Spahr (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Gesomyrmex corniger Emery p. 155 figs. Pl 3, figs 33-35
1915Sicelomyrmex corniger Wheeler p. 111
1929Sicelomyrmex corniger Wheeler p. 11
1978Sicilomyrmex corniger Brown and Carpenter p. 422
1987Sicilomyrmex corniger Spahr p. 61

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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
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeGesomyrmecini(Forel 1912)
genusSicilomyrmex()
speciescorniger()

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.

Sicilomyrmex corniger Emery 1891
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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: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Italy Gesomyrmex corniger (type locality: 123432)