Protozigrasimecia chauli
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| †Protozigrasimecia chauli 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: | Zigrasimeciinae |
| Genus: | Protozigrasimecia |
| Species: | †Z. chauli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protozigrasimecia chauli Cao, Boudinot & Gao, 2020 | |
Contents
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.
- †chauli. †Protozigrasimecia chauli Cao, Boudinot & Gao, 2020: 168, figs. 4-5 (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese amber).
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Burmese amber, Noije Bum hill, some 18 km southwest of Tanai Village (26°21′33.41″N 96°43′11.88″E / 26.3592806°N 96.7199667°E) in the Hukawng Valley, of northern Myanmar. Depository: Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University (CNU), Beijing, China.
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629).
- Cao, H., Boudinot, B.E., Wang, Z., Miao, X., Shih, C., Ren, D., Gao, T. 2020. Two new iron maiden ants from Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciini). Myrmecological News 30: 161-173 (doi:10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:161).
