Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: B. E. Boudinot, A. Richter, J. Katzke, J. C. M. Chaul, R. A. Keller, E. P. Economo, R. G. Beutel and S. Yamamoto. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195:1355-1389
Belongs to Gerontoformica according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Gerontoformica contega, Gerontoformica cretacica, Gerontoformica gracilis, Gerontoformica magna, Gerontoformica occidentalis, Gerontoformica orientalis, Gerontoformica pilosa, Gerontoformica priapos, Gerontoformica robusta, Gerontoformica rugosa, Gerontoformica spiralis, Gerontoformica subcuspis, Gerontoformica tendir
Type specimen: AMNH SY-23, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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