Linguamyrmex Barden and Grimaldi 2017 (hell ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: P. Barden and D. A. Grimaldi. 2017. Taxonomic names, in A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure. Systematic Entomology 42:837-846

Parent taxon: Haidomyrmecinae according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020

See also Barden and Grimaldi 2017 and Perrichot et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Aquilomyrmex, Ceratomyrmex, Chonidris, Dhagnathos, Dilobops, Haidomyrmex, Haidomyrmodes, Haidoterminus, Protoceratomyrmex

Subtaxa: Linguamyrmex brevicornis Linguamyrmex rhinocerus Linguamyrmex vladi

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Type: Linguamyrmex vladi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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