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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †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).
