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Anochetus brevidentatus

Description

Anochetus brevidentatus is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene fossils found on Hispaniola. A. ambiguus is one of eight species in the ant genus Anochetus to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of a number of Anochetus species found in the Greater Antillies.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1319480https://www.gbif.org/species/1319480
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)256017https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=256017
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Anochetus : Anochetus brevidentatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Anochetus : Anochetus brevidentatus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
superfamilyVespoideaLatreille 1802
familyFormicidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyPonerinaeLepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
tribeOdontomachiniEmery 1911
genusAnochetusMayr 1861
speciesAnochetus brevidentatusMacKay 1991
Generic NameAnochetus
Scientific NameAnochetus brevidentatus MacKay, 1991
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anochetus brevidentatusspeciesbelongs to Anochetusstated with evidenceMacKay, 1991
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. P. MacKay. 1991. Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anochetus_brevidentatus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1991Anochetus brevidentatus MacKay p. 138 figs. 1-3,8
1994Anochetus brevidentatus de Andrade p. 19
2012Anochetus brevidentatus Bolton

References

MacKay W. P. (1991) Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99, 138-140
de Andrade M. L. (1994) Fossil Odontomachiti ants from the Dominican Republic (amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 199, 1-28
Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World
(2001) website, Hymenoptera Name Server - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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