Gerontoformica gracilis
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| †Gerontoformica gracilis Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin Province, Myanmar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini |
| Genus: | Gerontoformica |
| Species: | †G. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gerontoformica gracilis (Barden & Grimaldi, 2014)
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Burmese amber, Kachin Province, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †gracilis. †Sphecomyrmodes gracilis Barden & Grimaldi, 2014: 4, figs. 2A-C (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese amber). Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: Supplemental Information.
Description
References
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2014. A diverse ant fauna from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 9(4): e93627.
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26: 515-521 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060).
