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Fallomyrma ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4673452https://www.gbif.org/species/4673452
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)255942https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=255942
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Fallomyrma
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Fallomyrma
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
subfamilyMyrmicinaeLepeletier 1835
genusFallomyrmaDlussky & Radchenko 2006
Scientific NameFallomyrma Dlussky & Radchenko, 2006
Name Published InAnnales Zoologici (Warsaw) 56
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Fallomyrmagenusbelongs to Myrmicinaestated with evidenceBolton, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. M. Dlussky and A. Radchenko. 2006. Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the late Eocene European amber. Annales Zoologici 56:153-157

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Fallomyrma anodonta ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene
Fallomyrma marginata ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene
Fallomyrma robusta ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene
Fallomyrma transversa ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		538.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Fallomyrma Dlussky and Radchenko p. 154
2012Fallomyrma Bolton
2015Fallomyrma Ward et al. p. 77
2018Fallomyrma Radchenko and Dlussky p. 156

References

Dlussky G. M., Radchenko A. (2006) Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the late Eocene European amber, Annales Zoologici 56, 153-157
Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World
Ward P. S., Brady S. G., et al (2015) The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Systematic Entomology 40, 61-81
Radchenko A. G., Dlussky G. M. (2018) Ants of the genus Fallomyrma Dlussky et Radchenko (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from late Eocene European ambers, Paleontological Journal 52, 155-163
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 56 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Dlussky & Radchenko, 2006 (to be verified) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Dlussky, G.M.; Radchenko, A. (2006). Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Late Eocene European amber. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw), 56 (1), 153-157 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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