Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi and D. Agosti. 2000. A formicine in New Jersey Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and early evolution of the ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(25):13678-13683

Parent taxon: Formicinae according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022

See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Boudinot et al. 2020, Grimaldi and Agosti 2000 and Ward et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Andrena tertiaria, Antiquiformica, Attopsis, Camponotini, Camponotites, Curtipalpulus, Drymomyrmex, Eoleptocerites, Estevia, Formica fragilis, Formicini, Fushuniformica, Gesomyrmecini, Heeridris, Huaxiaformica, Imhoffia, Lasiini, Leptogasteritus, Leucotaphus, Liaoformica, Longiformica, Magnogasterites, Myrmecorhynchus, Oecophyllini, Orbicapitia, Ovalicapito, Ovaligastrula, Palaeosminthurus, Palaeosminthurus juliae, Plagiolepidini, Protrechina, Sinoformica, Sinotenuicapito

Subtaxa: Kyromyrma neffi

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Type: Kyromyrma neffi

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Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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