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Tetraponera ocellata

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Sima ocellata was named by Mayr (1868). Its type specimen is No. 204/3856, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber.

It was recombined as Tetraponera ocellata by Dlussky (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Sima ocellata Mayr p. 101 figs. 104, 105
1915Sima ocellata Wheeler p. 42
1987Sima ocellata Spahr p. 62
2009Tetraponera ocellata Dlussky p. 1082 fig. 13a

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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
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Myrmechoderida
—Myrmeciomorpha
subfamilyPseudomyrmecinaeSmith 1952
genusTetraponeraSmith 1852
speciesocellata()

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.

†Tetraponera ocellata Mayr 1868
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Tetraponera ocellata (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Tetraponera ocellata (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Sima ocellata (123757 123927) Sima simplex (124073) Tetraponera ocellata (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Tetraponera ocellata (129227)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Sima ocellata (109625 120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Tetraponera ocellata (122997)