Gerontoformica gracilis
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†Gerontoformica gracilis 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: | †G. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
†Gerontoformica gracilis (Barden & Grimaldi, 2014) |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Burmese Amber (Cretaceous).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †gracilis. †Sphecomyrmodes gracilis Barden & Grimaldi, 2014: 4, figs. 2A-C (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese amber). Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: Supplemental Information.
Description
References
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2014. A diverse ant fauna from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 9(4): e93627.
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26: 515-521 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060).