Myanmyrma maraudera Barden and Grimaldi 2016

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Gerontoformica maraudera

Full reference: P. Barden and D. A. Grimaldi. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26:515-521

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

See also Barden and Grimaldi 2016

Sister taxon: Myanmyrma gracilis

Type specimen: JCZ Bu1846, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Zigras coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Zigras coll)

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