Gerontoformica occidentalis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| †Gerontoformica occidentalis Temporal range: Late Albian to Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous Charentese amber, Aquitaine Basin, France | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini |
| Genus: | Gerontoformica |
| Species: | †G. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gerontoformica occidentalis (Perrichot, Nel, Néraudeau, Lacau & Guyot, 2008) | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Charentese amber, Aquitaine Basin, France (Late Albian to Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †occidentalis. †Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis Perrichot, et al. 2008: 95, figs. 3, 4 (w.) FRENCH AMBER (Cretaceous). Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: Supplemental Information.
Description
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).
- Perrichot, V., Nel, A., Néraudeau, D., Lacau, S. & Guyot, T. 2008. New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber. Naturwissenschaften 95: 91-97 (doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7).
