Cyphomyrmex maya
†Cyphomyrmex maya Temporal range: middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Cyphomyrmex |
Species: | †C. maya |
Binomial name | |
†Cyphomyrmex maya De Andrade, 2003 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico (Middle Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †maya. †Cyphomyrmex maya De Andrade, 2003: 133, fig. 1 (w.) CHIAPAS AMBER (Mexico, Oligocene-Miocene).
Description
References
- De Andrade, M. L. 2003b. First descriptions of two new amber species of Cyphomyrmex from Mexico and the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Beitr. Entomol. 53(1): 131-139 (page 133, fig. 1 worker d*Varela-Hernández, F., Riquelme, F., Guerrero, R.J., Vázquez-Franco, C.M. 2022. New ant species Schismiscapus exstinctum gen. et sp. nov. (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Miocene Mexican amber. Historical Biology 34:1-7 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2085568).
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