Haidoterminus cippus McKellar et al. 2013 (hell ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: R. C. McKellar, J. R. N. Glasier, and M. S. Engel. 2013. A new trap-jawed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. The Canadian Entomologist 145:454-465

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

See also McKellar et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UASM 332546, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection)

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