Kyromyrma neffi
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| †Kyromyrma neffi Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Kyromyrma |
| Species: | †K. neffi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kyromyrma neffi Grimaldi & Agosti, 2000 | |
This is the oldest-known member of the subfamily Formicinae (Grimaldi et al., 2018; Perrichot, 2019).
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States (Turonian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †neffi. †Kyromyrma neffi Grimaldi & Agosti, 2000: 13681, fig. 1 (w.) U.S.A. (Cretaceous).
Description
References
- Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D. 2000b. A formicine in New Jersey Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and early evolution of the ants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 97: 13: 13678-136 (page 13681, fig. 1 worker described)
- Grimaldi, D.A., Sunderlin, D., Aareo, G.A., Dempsky, M.R., Parker, N.E., Tillery, G.Q., White, J.G., Barden, P., Nascimbene, P.C., Williams, C.J. 2018. Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska. American Museum Novitates 3908: 1-37.
- Perrichot, V. 2019. New Cretaceous records and the diversification of crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 8th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods & Amber, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
