Gerontoformica sternorhabda
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| †Gerontoformica sternorhabda Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini |
| Genus: | Gerontoformica |
| Species group: | pilosus |
| Species: | †G. sternorhabda |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gerontoformica sternorhabda Boudinot, Richter, Katzke, Chaul, Keller, Economo, Beutel & Yamamoto, 2022 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †sternorhabda. †Gerontoformica sternorhabda Boudinot, Richter, Katzke, et al. 2022: 10, figs. 1C, D, 2C, F, I, L, 4-6, 7E, 11 (1-2), 12 (2-1, 2-3, 2-4), 13 (3’-1) (q.) BURMESE AMBER (Myanmar, Cretaceous).
Description
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Richter, A., Katzke, J., Chaul, J.C.M., Keller, R.A., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G., Yamamoto, S. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX:1-35 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097/6523228).
