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Sphaerogasterites
| †Sphaerogasterites Temporal range: Ypresian, Early Eocene Fushun amber, Liaoning, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | †Sphaerogasterites Hong, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Sphaerogasterites longipetiolatus | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Fushun amber, Liaoning, China (Ypresian, Early Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †SPHAEROGASTERITES [incertae sedis in Myrmicinae]
- †Sphaerogasterites Hong, 2002: 557. Type-species: †Sphaerogasterites longipetiolatus, by original designation.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Hong, Y.-C. 2002. Amber insects of China. Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House/Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Beijing, in 2 vols. (page 557, Sphaerogasterites as genus)