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Sphecomyrmodes
| †Sphecomyrmodes Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of †Gerontoformica) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Genus: | †Sphecomyrmodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Sphecomyrmodes orientalis, now Gerontoformica orientalis | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of †Gerontoformica.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †SPHECOMYRMODES [junior synonym of †Gerontoformica]
- †Sphecomyrmodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 5. Type-species: †Sphecomyrmodes orientalis, by original designation.
- †Sphecomyrmodes junior synonym of †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518.
References
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2013. A new genus of highly specialized ants in Cretaceous Burmese Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3681, 405-412 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.5).
- Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26: 515-521 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060).
- Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptrea: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485: 1-24 (doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA2.0.CO;2]). (page 5, Sphecomyrmodes as genus)
- Perrichot, V., Nel, A., Néraudeau, D., Lacau, S. & Guyot, T. 2008. New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber. Naturwissenschaften 95: 91-97 (doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7).