Gerontoformica priapos Zhuang et al. 2025 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: Y. Zhuang, B. E. Boudinot, and V. Perrichot. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Systematics and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the first male and worker-queen association for †Gerontoformica. Myrmecological News 35:89-98

Belongs to Gerontoformica according to Y. Zhuang et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Gerontoformica contega, Gerontoformica cretacica, Gerontoformica gracilis, Gerontoformica magna, Gerontoformica occidentalis, Gerontoformica orientalis, Gerontoformica pilosa, Gerontoformica robusta, Gerontoformica rugosa, Gerontoformica spiralis, Gerontoformica sternorhabda, Gerontoformica subcuspis, Gerontoformica tendir

Type specimen: YKLP-AMB-012, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yunnan University YKLP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yunnan University YKLP collection)

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