Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis
Full reference: V. Perrichot, A. Nel, D. Néraudeau, S. Lacau, and T. Guyot. 2007. New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 95:91-97
Belongs to Gerontoformica according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022
See also Barden and Grimaldi 2016, Bolton 2012, Boudinot et al. 2020 and Perrichot et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Gerontoformica contega, Gerontoformica cretacica, Gerontoformica gracilis, Gerontoformica magna, Gerontoformica orientalis, Gerontoformica pilosa, Gerontoformica robusta, Gerontoformica rugosa, Gerontoformica spiralis, Gerontoformica sternorhabda, Gerontoformica subcuspis, Gerontoformica tendir
Type specimen: MNHN FRS 4.4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese Amber, Fouras, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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