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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †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).