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Messelepone ✝

Description

Messelepone is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe. M. leptogenoides is the only species assigned to the genus, which is one of several Lutetian Ponerinae genera.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messelepone, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8456518https://www.gbif.org/species/8456518
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)251983https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251983
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Messelepone
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Messelepone
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
genusMesseleponeDlussky & Wedmann 2012
Scientific NameMesselepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
Name Published InArticle title: The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Messeleponegenusbelongs to Ponerinaestated with evidenceDlussky and Wedmann, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. M. Dlussky and S. Wedmann. 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messelepone

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Messelepone leptogenoides ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		148.6 Ma
Eocene		48.6 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Messelepone Dlussky and Wedmann p. 745

References

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
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10: -. [725-753] - 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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