Anochetus miosumatrensis Ngô-Muller et al. 2021 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: V. Ngô-Muller, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2021. Taxonomic names, in The first representative of the trap-jaw ant genus Anochetus Mayr, 1861 in Neogene amber from Sumatra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 20(2):21-27

Belongs to Anochetus according to V. Ngô-Muller et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Anochetus africanus, Anochetus ambiguus, Anochetus brevidentatus, Anochetus conisquamis, Anochetus corayi, Anochetus dubius, Anochetus exstinctus, Anochetus intermedius, Anochetus lucidus, Anochetus madagascarensis

Type specimen: JMP2362 , an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Sumatran amber, Sinamar area (Pouillon collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Indonesia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sumatran amber, Sinamar area (Pouillon collection)

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