Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: C. Aria, C. Jouault, V. Perrichot and A. Nel. 2023. The megathermal ant genus Gesomyrmex (Formicidae: Formicinae), palaeoindicator of wide latitudinal biome homogeneity during the PETM. Geological Magazine 160:187-197
Belongs to Gesomyrmex according to C. Aria et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Gesomyrmex bremii, Gesomyrmex breviceps, Gesomyrmex flavescens, Gesomyrmex germanicus, Gesomyrmex hoernesi, Gesomyrmex macrops, Gesomyrmex magnus, Gesomyrmex pulcher
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A32941, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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