Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae

Full reference: L. C. B. Freitas, A. P. Rasnitsyn, G. J. B. Moura and M. Mendes. 2020. New species of Myrmicium Westwood (Psedosiricidae = Myrmiciidae: Hymenoptera, Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 92(e20200479)

Belongs to Myrmicium according to L. C. B. Freitas et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Myrmicium elongatum, Myrmicium heerii, Myrmicium nanus, Myrmicium schroeteri, Pseudosirex heeri, Apiaria mesozoica, Apiaria oppenheimi

Type specimen: SGBFO-PA045, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Inhumas quarry, Santana do Cariri (Crato), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Inhumas quarry, Santana do Cariri (Crato)

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