Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: Q. Wu, A. G. Radchenko, and M. S. Engel. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Cretaceous crown male ant reveals the rise of modern lineages. Zoological Research 45:983-989

Parent taxon: Formicinae according to Q. Wu et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Andrena tertiaria, Attopsis, Camponotini, Camponotites, Curtipalpulus, Drymomyrmex, Eoleptocerites, Formica fragilis, Formicini, Fushuniformica, Gesomyrmecini, Heeridris, Huaxiaformica, Imhoffia, Kyromyrma, Lasiini, Leptogasteritus, Leucotaphus, Liaoformica, Longiformica, Magnogasterites, Myrmecorhynchus, Oecophyllini, Orbicapitia, Ovalicapito, Ovaligastrula, Palaeosminthurus, Palaeosminthurus juliae, Plagiolepidini, Protrechina, Sinoformica, Sinotenuicapito, Wilsonia

Subtaxa: Antiquiformica alata

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Type: Antiquiformica alata

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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