Discothyrea maya

†Discothyrea maya Temporal range: middle Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Proceratiinae
Tribe:	Proceratiini
Genus:	Discothyrea
Species:	†D. maya
Binomial name
†Discothyrea maya De Andrade, 1998

Distribution

This taxon was described from Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico (Middle Miocene).

Nomenclature

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

• †maya. †Discothyrea maya De Andrade, 1998b: 209, figs. 4, 7 (m.) CHIAPAS AMBER (Mexico, Oligocene-Miocene).

References

• De Andrade, M. L. 1998c. First fossil records of the ant genus Discothyrea in Dominican and Mexican amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragm. Entomol. 30: 201-214. (page 209, figs. 4, 7 male described)

• Varela-Hernández, F., Riquelme, F., Estrada-Ruiz, E. 2024. Elektroformica azquil gen. et sp. nov., a new formicine ant from Oligo-Miocene Mexican amber. Palaeoentomology 7(5), 684-692 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.11).