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Gerontoformica occidentalis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis was named by Perrichot et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MNHN FRS 4.4, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Charentese Amber, Fouras, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.

It was recombined as Gerontoformica occidentalis by Barden and Grimaldi (2016), Boudinot et al. (2020), Boudinot et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Perrichot et al. p. 95 fig. 3,4
2012Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Bolton
2016Gerontoformica occidentalis Barden and Grimaldi
2020Gerontoformica occidentalis Boudinot et al. p. 29
2022Gerontoformica occidentalis Boudinot et al. p. 1362

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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()
Sphecomyrmines
subfamilySphecomyrminae
genusGerontoformica
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

Gerontoformica occidentalis Perrichot et al. 2007
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis (type locality: 161514)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Gerontoformica occidentalis (123118)