Ypresiomyrma rebekkae
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| †Ypresiomyrma rebekkae Temporal range: earliest Ypresian, Eocene Ølst and Fur Formations, Stolleklint and Manhøj, Isle of Fur, Denmark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Ypresiomyrma |
| Species: | †Y. rebekkae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ypresiomyrma rebekkae (Rust & Andersen, 1999)
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Denmark (Paleocene-Eocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †rebekkae. †Pachycondyla rebekkae Rust & Andersen, 1999: 333, figs. 1-6 (q.m.) DENMARK (Paleocene-Eocene). Combination in †Ypresiomyrma: Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006: 493.
Description
References
- 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: 486-523. PDF
- Rust, J.; Andersen, N. M. 1999. Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 125: 331-348 PDF
