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Napakimyrma
| †Napakimyrma Temporal range: Tiffanian to late Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Aneuretinae |
| Tribe: | Aneuretini |
| Genus: | †Napakimyrma LaPolla & Barden, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Napakimyrma paskapooensis | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada (Tiffanian to late Paleocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †NAPAKIMYRMA [Aneuretinae]
- †Napakimyrma LaPolla & Barden, 2018: 436. Type-species: †Napakimyrma paskapooensis, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P., Engel, M.S. 2020. Fossil social insects. Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer, Cham (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_45-1).
- LaPolla, J.S., Barden, P. 2018. A new aneuretine ant from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 (3): 435–440 (DOI 10.4202/app.00478.2018).