Taxonomy Profile: Eucharis Democles (Walker 1839)

Eucharis Democles: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Species
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valid
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TWG standards met
Eucharis Democles: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Hymenoptera
abelha |
formiga |
vespa |
ants |
bees |
wasps |
Suborder : Apocrita
narrow-waisted hymenopterans |
ants |
bees |
true wasps |
abeilles |
fourmis |
guêpes véritables |
Infraorder : Aculeata
Superfamily : Vespoidea
vespoid wasps |
Family : Formicidae
ants |
fourmis |
Subfamily : Formicinae
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Eucharis Democles: References
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Source:
Hymenoptera Name Server
Acquired:
2001-01-18
Notes:
http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page
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Eucharis Democles
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Eucharis Democles: Geographic Information
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Eucharis Democles: Comments
Comment:
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