Gerontoformica maraudera

†Gerontoformica maraudera Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin Province, Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Sphecomyrminae
Tribe:	Sphecomyrmini
Genus:	Gerontoformica
Species:	†G. maraudera
Binomial name
†Gerontoformica maraudera Barden & Grimaldi, 2016

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †maraudera. †Gerontoformica maraudera Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518, Supplemental Information, figs. S2D,E (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese amber).

References

• 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).