Zherichinius

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Zherichinius
Temporal range: Thanetian, Paleocene Sakhalin amber, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Zherichiniini
Genus: Zherichinius
Dlussky, 1988
Type species
Zherichinius horribilis
Diversity
2 fossil species
(Species Checklist)

Identification

Distribution

This taxon is known from Sakhalin amber, Ukraine (Thanetian, Paleocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • ZHERICHINIUS [Dolichoderinae: †Zherichiniini]
    • Zherichinius Dlussky, 1988: 57. Type-species: †Zherichinius horribilis, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

  • Zherichinius in Dolichoderinae, †Zherichiniini: Dlussky, 1988: 57; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; in Dolichoderinae: Shattuck, 1994: 170; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 2003: 92; incertae sedis in Dolichoderinae: Ward, et al. 2010: 362.
  • Zherichinius as stem-taxon to Dolichoderinae: Borysenko, 2017: 19.
  • Zherichinius catalogues: Shattuck, 1994: 170; Bolton, 1995b: 427.

References