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Electroponera dubia Wheeler, 1915

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Electroponera dubia Wheeler, 1915
Name authority
Wheeler, 1915
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Electroponera
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderHymenoptera
  7. suborderApocrita
  8. infraorderAculeata
  9. superfamilyFormicoidea Latreille, 1809
  10. familyFormicidae Latreille, 1802
  11. subfamilyEctatomminae Emery, 1895
  12. tribeEctatommini Emery, 1895
  13. genusElectroponera Wheeler, 1915
  14. speciesElectroponera dubia Wheeler, 1915

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 167 records assigned to Formicidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Wheeler, W. M. (1915). The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften Der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft Zu Königsberg, 55, 1–142. https://antcat.org/documents/3494/3323.pdf Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:396W3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.