Zigrasimecia caohuijiae Chaul 2023 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: J. C. M. Chaul. 2023. A revision of the Cretaceous ant genus Zigrasimecia Barden & Grimaldi, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciinae). Zootaxa 5325:301-341

Belongs to Zigrasimecia according to J. C. M. Chaul 2023

Sister taxa: Zigrasimecia boudinoti, Zigrasimecia chuyangsui, Zigrasimecia ferox, Zigrasimecia goldingot, Zigrasimecia hoelldobleri, Zigrasimecia perrichoti, Zigrasimecia thate, Zigrasimecia tonsora, Zigrasimecia zui

Type specimen: CELC ANTWEB1041055, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Coleoptera Laboratory, Viçosa CELC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Coleoptera Laboratory, Viçosa CELC collection)

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