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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2099304	https://www.gbif.org/species/2099304
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	260459	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260459

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Myrmeleontidae : Porrerus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
superorder	Neuropterida
-	Eidoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
order	Neuroptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Euneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
-	Neoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
-	Geoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
suborder	Myrmeleontiformia	Henry 1982
superfamily	Myrmeleontoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Myrmeleontidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Myrmeleontinae	Latreille 1802
tribe	Myrmeleontini	Latreille 1802
genus	Porrerus	Navás 1913

Scientific Name

Porrerus Navás, 1913

Name Published In

Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges., 41, 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Porrerus	genus	belongs to Myrmeleontidae	stated with evidence	Engel and Grimaldi, 2007
Porrerus	genus	belongs to Myrmeleontini	stated with evidence	Michel et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2007. The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates 3587:1-58

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Porrerus dealbatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porrerus dominicanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Porrerus famelicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1913	Porrerus Navas
2007	Porrerus Engel and Grimaldi p. 33
2017	Porrerus Michel et al.
2019	Porrerus Machado et al.

References

Engel M. S., Grimaldi D. A. (2007) The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera), American Museum Novitates 3587, 1-58

Machado R. J. P., Gillung J. P., et al (2019) Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), Systematic Entomology 44, 418-450

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges., 41, 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Stange, Lionel A., 2010: Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay. Insecta Mundi, no. 0114. 1-14. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Miller, Robert B., and Lionel A. Stange, 2011: Antlions of Hispaniola (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi, no. 0182. 1-28. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Stange, Lionel A., 2004: A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, vol. 74. 565. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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