Chimaeromyrma brachycephala

†Chimaeromyrma brachycephala Temporal range: Thanetian, Paleocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Sakhalin amber, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Chimaeromyrma
Species:	†C. brachycephala
Binomial name
†Chimaeromyrma brachycephala Dlussky, 1988

See Chimaeromyrma for details concerning this species.

Distribution

This taxon was described from Sakhalin amber, Ukraine (Thanetian, Paleocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †brachycephala. †Chimaeromyrma brachycephala Dlussky, 1988: 60, fig. 5 (w.) SAKHALIN AMBER (Russia: Sakhalin I., Palaeocene).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 145; Boudinot, Bock, et al. 2024: 144.

References

• Boudinot, B.E., Bock, B.L., Weingardt, M., Tröger, D., Batelka, J., LI, D., Richter, A., Pohl, H., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Jandausch, K., Hammel, J.U., Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 711, 111–176 (doi:10.3897/dez.71.112433).
• Dlussky, G. M. 1988a. Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?) Paleontol. Zh. 1988(1 1: 50-61 (page 60, fig. 5 worker described)