Macabeemyrma

†Macabeemyrma Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl McAbee, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae (incertae sedis)
Genus:	†Macabeemyrma Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
Type species
Macabeemyrma ovata
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Evolutionary Placement

Myrmeciinae †Archimyrmex   (4 species) Myrmecia   (93 species) †Prionomyrmex   (4 species) †Avitomyrmex   (3 species) †Macabeemyrma   (1 species) Nothomyrmecia   (1 species) †Ypresiomyrma   (4 species)

Based on Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006

Distribution

This taxon is known from McAbee, British Columbia, Canada (Ypresian, Early Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †MACABEEMYRMA [incertae sedis in Myrmeciinae]
  • †Macabeemyrma Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006: 498. Type-species: †Macabeemyrma ovata, by original designation.

References

• [[Media:Archibald et al 2006.pdf|Archibald, S.B., Cover, S.P. & Moreau, C.S. 2006. Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 4*Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.

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