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Electroponera

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1320855https://www.gbif.org/species/1320855
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)152073https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=152073
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Electroponera
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Electroponera
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
subfamilyEctatomminaeEmery 1895
tribeEctatomminiEmery 1895
genusElectroponeraWheeler 1915
Scientific NameElectroponera Wheeler, 1915
Name Published InSchr. Phys. Ges. Königsberg, 55
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Electroponeragenusbelongs to Ectatomministated with evidenceWheeler, 1915
Electroponeragenusbelongs to Formicidaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Electroponeragenusbelongs to Ectatomministated with evidenceBolton, 2003
Electroponeragenusbelongs to Ectatomminaestated with evidenceDlussky and Wedmann, 2012
Electroponeragenusbelongs to Ectatomministated with evidenceBolton, 2012
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. M. Wheeler. 1915. The Ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55:1-142

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Electroponera dubia ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Electroponera Wheeler
1992Electroponera Carpenter
2003Electroponera Bolton p. 46
2012Electroponera Bolton
2012Electroponera Dlussky and Wedmann p. 728

References

Wheeler W. M. (1915) The Ants of the Baltic Amber, Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55, 1-142
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Bolton B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71, 1-370
Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World
Dlussky G. M., Wedmann S. (2012) The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10, 725-753
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Schr. Phys. Ges. Königsberg, 55 - 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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