†Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky 1996 (hell ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky. 1996. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Burmese amber. Paleontological Journal 30:449-454
Belongs to Haidomyrmex according to Y. Y. Guo et al. 2021
See also Bolton 2012, Boudinot et al. 2020, Cao et al. 2020, Dlussky 1996, Engel and Grimaldi 2005 and Ross and York 2000
Sister taxa: Haidomyrmex davidbowiei, Haidomyrmex scimitarus, Haidomyrmex zigrasi
Type specimen: BMNH In.20182, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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