Haidomyrmex scimitarus Barden and Grimaldi 2012 (hell ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: P. Barden and D. Grimaldi. 2012. Rediscovery of the bizarre Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmex Dlussky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with two new species. American Museum Novitates 3755:1-16

Belongs to Haidomyrmex according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020

See also Barden and Grimaldi 2012

Sister taxa: Haidomyrmex cerberus, Haidomyrmex davidbowiei, Haidomyrmex zigrasi

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-FB80, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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