Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. Radchenko. 2006. Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the late Eocene European amber. Annales Zoologici 56:153-157
Parent taxon: Myrmicinae according to A. G. Radchenko and G. M. Dlussky 2018
See also Bolton 2012 and Ward et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Afromyrma, Agastomyrma, Aphaenogaster longaeva, Attini, Biamomyrma, Bilobomyrma, Boltonidris, Brachytarsites, Cephalomyrmex, Cephites, Clavipetiola, Crematogastrini, Electromyrmex, Enneamerus, Eocenidris, Eomyrmex, Formica cordata, Fushunomyrmex, Ilemomyrmex, Lelejus, Melissotarsus, Miosolenopsis, Myrmecites, Myrmicini, Orbigastrula, Pogonomyrmecini, Pseudomyrmini, Quadrulicapito, Quineangulicapito, Sinomyrmex, Solenopsidiini, Solenopsidini, Solenopsites, Sphaerogasterites, Stenammini, Wumyrmex, Zhangidris
Subtaxa: Fallomyrma anodonta Fallomyrma marginata Fallomyrma robusta Fallomyrma transversa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), Ukraine (3)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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