Pachycondyla lutzi

Pachycondyla lutzi

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Pachycondyla
Species: Pachycondyla lutzi

Name

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Pachycondyla lutzi Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012: 732, fig. 7

Holotype: FIS MeI 11958, lateral imprint of winged gyne.
Type locality: Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany. Messel Formation, Middle Eocene, c. 47 Ma (Mertz & Renne 2005).
Paratypes: FIS MeI 11481, dorsal imprint of worker without gaster; FIS MeI 1361, FIS MeI 3553, FIS MeI 2078, FIS MeI 10526, dorsal imprints of winged gynes; FIS MeI 11679, lateral imprint of gyne.
Etymology: In honour of the palaeoentomologist Herbert Lutz, who was one of the first to study ants from Grube Messel.

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