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Cretacoformica explicata
| †Cretacoformica explicata Temporal range: fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Uncertain |
| Genus: | Cretacoformica |
| Species: | †C. explicata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cretacoformica explicata Jell & Duncan, 1986 | |
The taxonomomic placement of this species is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Hymenoptera, Apocrita.
Distribution
This taxon was described from Russia (Cretaceous).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †explicata. †Cretacoformica explicata Jell & Duncan, 1986: 191, fig. 69 (m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria, Lower Cretaceous).
- Excluded from Formicidae: Naumann, 1993: 355; Bolton, 1995b: 166;
- incertae sedis in APOCRITA: Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 7.