Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri

†Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	†Haidomyrmecinae
Genus:	Ceratomyrmex
Species:	†C. ellenbergeri
Binomial name
†Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri Perrichot, Wang, B. & Engel, 2016

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Distribution

This taxon was described from Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †ellenbergeri. †Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri Perrichot, Wang & Engel, 2016: 1468 (and in supplemental information (not paginated)), figs. 1, S1, S2, S3c (w.) BURMESE AMBER (Myanmar, Cretaceous).
  • Status as species: Barden, 2017: 2; Barden, et al. 2017: 838.

References

• Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
• Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629).
• Perfilieva, K.S. 2023. Cretaceous-Burmese-amber ants: Morphological features and community structure. Biology Bulletin Reviews 131, 38–54 (doi:10.1134/s207908642301005x).
• [[Media:Perrichot, V., Wang, B., Engel, M.S. 2016. Extreme morphogenesis and ecological specialization among Cretaceous basal ants.pdf|Perrichot, V., Wang, B. & Engel, M.S. 2016. Extreme morphogenesis and ecological specialization among Cretaceous basal ants. Current Biology 26:1468-1472 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.0*Perrichot, V., Wang, B., Barden, P. 2020. New remarkable hell ants (Formicidae: Haidomyrmecinae stat. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 109, 104381 (doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104381).

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