Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: P. Barden and D. Grimaldi. 2013. A new genus of highly specialized ants in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3681:405-412
Belongs to Zigrasimecia according to J. C. M. Chaul 2023
See also Barden and Grimaldi 2013 and Boudinot et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Zigrasimecia boudinoti, Zigrasimecia caohuijiae, Zigrasimecia chuyangsui, Zigrasimecia ferox, Zigrasimecia goldingot, Zigrasimecia hoelldobleri, Zigrasimecia perrichoti, Zigrasimecia thate, Zigrasimecia zui
Type specimen: JZC Bu-159, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Zigras coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Zigras coll)
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