Myanmyrma Engel and Grimaldi 2005 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2005. Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485:1-24

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

See also Bolton 2012 and Engel and Grimaldi 2005

Sister taxa: Gerontoformica, Sphecomyrma, Sphecomyrmini

Subtaxa: Myanmyrma gracilis Myanmyrma maraudera

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Type: Myanmyrma gracilis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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