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Khetania
| †Khetania Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | †Khetania Dlussky, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| Khetania mandibulata | |
| Diversity | |
| Species List | |
The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Hymenoptera, Aculeata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †KHETANIA [incertae sedis in Aculeata]
- †Khetania Dlussky, 1999a: 65. Type-species: †Khetania mandibulata, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
- †Khetania in †Armaniidae: Dlussky, 1999a: 65.
- †Khetania in †Armaniinae, †Armaniini: Bolton, 2003: 260.
- †Khetania excluded from Formicidae, incertae sedis in Hymenoptera, Aculeata: Borysenko, 2017: 20.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 260, Khetania in Armaniinae, Armaniini)
- Borysenko, L.H. 2017. Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 570: 1–57.
- Dlussky, G. M. 1999a. The first find of the Formicoidea (Hymenoptera) in the lower Cretaceous of the northern hemisphere. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(3 3: 62-66 (page 65, Khetania as genus; in Armaniidae)