Record Details

Scientific Name:
Eucharis Democles

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Subfamily
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Taxonomic Status

Current Standing:
valid

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Protostomia
Superphylum
Ecdysozoa
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Hexapoda
Class
Insecta
Subclass
Pterygota
Infraclass
Neoptera
Superorder
Holometabola
Order
Hymenoptera
Suborder
Apocrita
Infraorder
Aculeata
Superfamily
Vespoidea
Family
Formicidae
Subfamily
Formicinae

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Other Sources:
website: Hymenoptera Name Server; http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page
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Comments

Comments:
Norman Johnson: The epithet is capitalized because that's the way Francis Walker published it. The genus Eucharis is actually a chalcidoid, i.e., it is classified in a different superfamily from ants. However, the type specimen of this species is not a chalcidoid at all, but the male of some unidentified ant in the subfamily Formicidae. I think the basic problem here is that the taxonomists have recognized a problem, but haven't figured out how to resolve it: it's still a work in progress

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